If Haven't Already Seen Stanley Kubrick's Most Underrated Masterwork, You Might Want to Wait a Little Longer — Something Special Is Happening

There is a Stanley Kubrickfilm for everyone. Having mastered nearly every genre, including science fiction, comedy, horror, romance, and war, most of his films have a case for being your personal favorite movie of all time. The one Kubrick film that can bridge the gap between his obsessives and his skeptics, Barry Lyndon, is one that he seemed ill-suited to on paper. 18th-century British costume dramas were thought to be too gentle for his sensibilities, but in 1975, Kubrick added another film to his long list of masterpieces. The romantic epic, which is receiving a new 4K restoration by the Criterion Collection, deserves all the facelifts it can get, as it is unquestionably one of the most beautiful films ever put to celluloid. It is no cliché to describe Barry Lyndon as a painting in motion picture form. If this sounds too stuffy, don't worry—it's also absolutely hilarious and irreverent.