Ken Adam tribute at Castro includes ‘Strangelove,’ Bond

Production designer Ken Adam (1921-2016): In a happy coincidence last month, just a week after the death of Ken Adam at age 95, five of his James Bond movies were screened as part of a Sean Connery series.

Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” (1, 7:15 p.m.); “The Spy Who Loved Me” (2:50, 9:05 p.m.), his sixth of seven Bond films; and “The Madness of King George” (5:10 p.m.), Nicholas Hytner’s 1995 adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play starring Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren and Ian Holm, for which Adam won his second Oscar.

“Dr. Strangelove” is highlighted by Adams’ war room set, a darkly lit design inspired by German Expressionism of the Weimar era, with a dash of military concrete bunkers and — no kidding — Fred Astaire musicals (the black-and-white ones).

With “Spy,” Adam helped reignite the flailing Bond franchise and solidify Roger Moore as Bond with one big-scale set after another, as well as cool stuff like underwater sports cars.

Young women in Kolkata, India (formerly Calcutta), are receiving boxing training from Razia Shabnam, a pioneering female boxing coach and international referee.