Southland Tales

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

Posted 4 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 4 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...

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

Posted 4 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 5 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...

Southland Tales prequel might be on the way according to director

Posted 5 years ago

So, I love SOUTHLAND TALES. I remember seeing it in a special screening when it first came out, and being completely blown away by it. From the mesmerizing score by Moby, to the wackadoo performance by Dwayne Johnson (still going...

Director Richard Kelly wants a prequel to Southland Tales

Posted 5 years ago

Once upon a time there was a filmmaker named Richard Kelly that offered up a near perfect mind-bending experience named DONNIE DARKO. The film is still a topic of debate since its release in 2001 as a it's dissected as...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Justin Timberlake!

Posted 12 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

Richard Kelly has a screenplay for an animated Southland Tales prequel

Posted 14 years ago

Poor Richard Kelly. The man broke onto the scene with DONNIE DARKO becoming a huge cult classic for a number of years, although far AFTER its theatrical release. Later he tried going more commercial with THE BOX, which disappointed both...

Review: Southland Tales

Posted 17 years ago

This is JoBlo’s review of the original version of SOUTHLAND TALES shown in Cannes in 2006. You can read a review of the more recent edited version of this film by JimmyO here. JoBlo reviews "Southland Tales" JOBLO NOTE: Since...

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