The critical response to Stanley Kubrick’s epic adaptation of Thackeray’s novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon wasn’t ecstatic when it came out in 1975, but in the decades since it’s become one of his most ...
In Barry Lyndon—one of the most visually stunning works in Stanley Kubrick's filmography—its titular opportunist faces off against his vindictive stepson, Lord Bullingdon, in a duel that can only be ...