Kubrick was perhaps the most influential and innovative American filmmaker of the 20th Century. My all-time favorite Kubrick film is Barry Lyndon, which was shot completely without benefit of electrical lighting of any kind. Amazing. Of course, one cannot forget, Clockwork Orange, Lolita and Dr. Strangelove, but there were more… many more.
Here is New York Times critic, A. O. Scott with a review of Lolita, which is back in theaters:
