Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In picaresque detail, Barry Lyndon chronicles the adventures of an incorrigible trickster (Ryan O’Neal) whose opportunism takes him from an Irish farm to the battlefields of the Seven Years’ War and the parlours of high society. For the most sumptuously crafted film of his career, Kubrick recreated the decadent surfaces and intricate social codes of the period, evoking the light and texture of eighteenth-century painting with the help of pioneering cinematographic techniques and lavish costume and production design, all of which earned Academy Awards. The result is a masterpiece—a sardonic, devastating portrait of a vanishing world whose opulence conceals the moral vacancy at its heart.

Please Note: The film will be presented with a brief 5-10min intermission. 

London Premiere of the new 4K restoration from IndieCollect. 

Turning his hand to writing and directing, Steve Buscemi’s debut feature Trees Lounge is a still-largely unsung indie masterpiece capturing the chaos of hopeless loser Tommy (Buscemi) as he stumbles through life, occasionally trying to pull himself together but always falling apart again. 

It radiates authenticity capturing the characters, domestic rivalries and melancholy of this suburban life where the bar - Trees Lounge of the title – and alcohol are his refuge. 

The film made such an impression on Sopranos creator David Chase that he hired the film’s casting director to cast Sopranos and gave Buscemi four episodes to direct and made him a regular member of cast in season five (as Tony Soprano’s cousin Tony B).  

Evoking the lived in feel of vintage John Cassavetes, this disarmingly perceptive blue-collar character study is anchored by Buscemi’s compelling performance turning what could just be a selfish, irresponsible character into someone we want to see redeemed.

A 4K restoration c/o IndieCollect.