Book + Movie List

Zardoz
Kristin Schrock DVD 23 April 2004

This 1970's Sean Connery sci-fi/fantasy pic was so so bad, it bordered on delicious. I don't doubt that it has a cult following which is the reason it has made the transition to DVD with director commentary no less. Here's the pitch: in the future, the human race is divided into two categories: chosen ones and brutals. The chosen ones kill the brutals at the behest of Zardoz, a god who resides in a stone head that floats down from the skies. But of course Zardoz is controlled by another set of people who cannot die and need the other humans to grow stuff. Sean Connery, outfitted much like Mr. Peepers on SNL, figures out the ruse by reading (!) and then brings death to the immortals, because of the chosen ones, he's THE CHOSEN ONE meant to bring death. Which is a good. yeah, it didn't really make much sense.

Zardoz
Tony Pisarenkov Dr. Dremo's, Arlington, VA 29 March 2005

Merrie Olde England. With pods.

Zombie Honeymoon
Tony Pisarenkov The Nevermore Film Festival, Durham, NC 19 February 2006

There is a very good reason why so many films never get any distribution. One star for the brunette.

Zoolander
Julie Gephart Mysteriously free HBO 23 February 2003

I don't want to fight Kristin or anything, but I also feel some serious love for Owen Wilson. I don't usually like comedies, but I liked this one.

Zoolander
Steve Gadd DVD 28 February 2005

I did it for science, after a conversation about what makes a good movie good, and whether taste is arbitrary or if there is some objective way to quantify quality. This kind of movie has the advantage that it's not likely to disappoint, as it delivers just the kind of insipid humor you are expecting.

Zyklon Portrait
Jaqi Ross National Gallery of Art 21 February 2004

A poetic rendering of one family's Holocaust experiences mixes old instructional footage, snapshots, home movies, hand-painted imagery, and even underwater photography to "privilege the personal over any attempt at objectivity".