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Zardoz Demands Your Respect (Even If You Don’t Like It)

‘Zardoz’ may have a reputation as one of the worst films of the ’70s, but John Boorman’s twisty sci-fi demands far more than your memes.

Unfortunately for all of us, Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War masterpiece has never stopped being timely.

Errol Morris’s Oscar-winning documentary, released 20 years ago, is a masterful meeting of stylist and subject.

On the 40th anniversary of the release of the tough-as-nails cop movie, an appreciation of its unorthodox leading man.

First released in December 1973, Robin Hardy’s folk horror remains a fascinating piece of mishandled cinema.

Twenty years ago, Miramax dropped the filthiest, funniest gift into theaters – following even more behind-the-scenes drama than usual.

Sixty years ago, Georges Franju paid tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes with an affectionate remake of Louis Feuillade’s “Judex.”

Two decades ago, Park Chan-wook’s revenge thriller reinvented Korean cinema. A decade Later, Spike Lee remade it.

Forty years after its debut, “Michael Jackson’s Thriller” remains in a category all by itself.

The best theatrical Looney Tunes project is also the one its own studio appeared to have the most contempt for.

On the 40th anniversary of its release, an examination of Bob Fosse’s final film, and what it has to say about sexual violence and exploitation.

Brian De Palma and Al Pacino’s other gangster classic deserves recognition as one of their best.