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WTF Happened to Donnie Darko?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko is a true cult film. Having premiered at Sundance back in 2001, it was released to theatres via a small company called Newmarket Films, and given that it opened in the wake of 9/11, it...

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WTF Happened to Southland Tales (2006)

Posted 4 years ago

Steve Richard Kelly’s SOUTHLAND TALES had one of the most disastrous film festival premieres on record. Going into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, everyone figured it would be a masterpiece, as the expectations set by the director’s previous film, DONNIE...

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Donnie Darko (2001) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Cody It’s time for a new episode of our WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re taking a look back at writer/director Richard Kelly‘s stunning 2001 feature debut Donnie Darko (watch it HERE). Some...

New Donnie Darko sequel a possibility, hints director Richard Kelly

Posted 5 years ago

Donnie Darko just recently celebrated its 20th-anniversary last week and the film's director, Richard Kelly, has been making the rounds talking about the film and his not as loved follow-up, Southland Tales, due to its recent Blu-ray release. Much like...

Donnie Darko: Richard Kelly teases possible new film in that universe!

Posted 5 years ago

Like most film geeks who came of age in the mid-2000s, Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko was a huge influence on me. It was a great, mind-bending film that helped ease me into more surreal filmmakers like David Lynch and Alejandro...

Southland Tales: Richard Kelly hopes Dwayne Johnson returns for sequel

Posted 5 years ago

Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko was a huge success, but Kelly's sophomore outing Southland Tales wasn't quite so lucky. "As the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental chaos," reads the official logline, "the fates of an eclectic...

Donnie Darko: Jake Gyllenhaal unveils memorabilia on film’s 20th anniversary

Posted 5 years ago

Donnie Darko began its cult status journey at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2001, which means it has been 20 years that the film has fascinated us with its indie sensibilities and became that one weird movie that...

Southland Tales’ Richard Kelly working on six-hour director’s cut

Posted 5 years ago

Following the explosive success of Donnie Darko, writer/director Richard Kelly returned with Southland Tales, a sci-fi comedy thriller that took place in an alternate version of Los Angeles. "As the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental...

Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales to get an extended cut and two-disk Blu-ray!

Posted 6 years ago

So this is awesome! I've said on this site before about how much I love director Richard Kelly's crazy-ass political satire SOUTHLAND TALES, his audacious (and controversial) follow-up to his generation-defining psychological sci-fi horror film DONNIE DARKO! Now, we're finally...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Donnie Darko, John Wick, Watchmen

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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