Filmmaker Paul Duane revisits a cult movie classic, filmed in Wicklow by director John Boorman, ahead of a rare big-screen outing for its 50th anniversary. When I was a kid, the phenomenon of 'ballast ...

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This week's film, Zardoz, has the dubious distinction of being the most commonly nominated movie in the Hunt so far. Yikes. Sucks to be you, Zardoz. It's also the oldest film we've talked about, made ...

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“You have penetrated me. There is no escape. You are within me. Come into my center. Come into the center of the crystal!” ZARDOZ (1974) screens midnights this weekend (August 7th and 8th) at The ...

Though fans have often clamored for a sequel to 1970s classic Zardoz, only the Hughes Brothers could have done it, with Book of Eli. But did they toss aside the original film’s message to reboot it ...

One of the biggest tragedies of modern cinema is the unavoidable fact that most movies make you wait at least ten minutes to hear a floating head loudly proclaim, “The penis is evil!” But 1974 was a ...

John Boorman’s psychosexual vanity project Zardoz was a spectacular failure for the director, but — in spite of (and because of) its nonsensical plot — this 1974 film is nowadays lauded as a cult ...

Critics are already panning Darren Aronofsky's new science fiction tripfest The Fountain, calling it silly, painfully bad, incoherent, and – worst of all – comparing it to John Boorman's infamous ...

You have to hand it to John Boorman. When he’s brilliant, he’s brilliant (Point Blank, Deliverance) but when he’s terrible, he’s *really terrible. *A fascinating reminder of what cinematic science ...