“Stanley Kubrick: A Retrospective,’’ an annual feast for cinephiles, continues at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston until Feb. 28. Among the films set to screen are Kubrick’s World War I-set masterpiece from 1957, “Paths of Glory.’’ Kirk Douglas stars as Colonel Dax, who’s ordered to carry out a doomed mission. In just 84 minutes, Kubrick offers a powerful indictment of Dax’s superiors. The filmmaker revisits the absurdity of authority in “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’’ (1964), which screens Feb. 19 and 21, and “Full Metal Jacket’’ (1987), which screens Feb. 26 and 27.

Douglas also stars in 1960’s “Spartacus’’ (Feb. 18 and 21) about a failed slave uprising in the Roman Republic and the gladiator who was one of its leaders. The behind-the-scenes negotiations between Douglas and the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was one of the fascinating subplots of this year’s biopic “Trumbo.’’

It’s always a treat to see Kubrick’s 1968 groundbreaker, the visually dazzling “2001: A Space Odyssey’’ (Feb. 19) on the big screen. The retrospective also features “Lolita’’ (1962), “A Clockwork Orange’’ (1971), “Eyes Wide Shut’’ (1999), and “Barry Lyndon’’ (1975). “The Shining’’ (1980) is not included as the film is unavailable for theatrical exhibition in 2016.

For more information go to www.mfa.org/programs/series/stanley-kubrick-a-retrospective.

Black bird flies again

Boston’s Fenway 13 on Feb. 21 and 24 will host “The Maltese Falcon’’ in celebration of the movie’s 75th anniversary. For more information go to www.fathomevents.com/event/the-maltese-falcon.

Loren King can be reached at loren.king@comcast.net.