Barry Lyndon

Undoubtedly Kubrick’s most visually sumptuous films, Barry Lyndon is an adaptation of William Thackeray’s 19th-century satirical novel about an ambitious young Irish man’s misadventures as he works his way up through the British class system.

The elaborate care given to exact period detail, and the unparalleled quality of natural and artificial light, justify Kubrick’s reputation as a perfectionist. With Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, and Patrick Magee; narrated by Michael Hordern. (184 mins., 35mm)