Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, struggled at the box office when it was released. It remains one of the director’s most under-appreciated films.

“[Film history] is always a point of reference for us, and sometimes that means taking something like ‘Barry Lyndon’ and injecting it into the stupid shit we do to try to create something ...

Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, struggled at the box office when it was released. It remains one of the director’s most under-appreciated films.