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Richard Kelly Talks ‘Southland Tales’, The Time Travel Prequel & His James Cameron-Inspired ‘Donnie Darko’ Sequel [Interview]

January 26, 2021 11:36 am

2020 was a weird year, you’ll recall. Is 2021 going to be weirder? In the week that The Playlist talked to filmmaker Richard Kelly about “Southland Tales,” his 2006 cult film about the end of the world, a grou...

‘Southland Tales’: Richard Kelly Wants Dwayne Johnson To Appear In Planned Sequel

Rafael Motamayor

January 23, 2021 4:45 pm

News

In an age where apparently any financially-disappointing film can get additional millions of dollars for a director's cut and any cult film can get a sequel, it's no surprise that Richard Kelly would be intere...

Richard Kelly Teases New ‘Southland Tales’ Film As Well As Two 4K Versions Of The Original

Charles Barfield

April 7, 2020 1:19 pm

News

There are few directors that have had a roller-coaster career such as Richard Kelly. The filmmaker burst onto the scene with the cult-classic film “Donnie Darko,” which to this day is held in high esteem by ma...

Adjust Your Tracking Talks Richard Kelly, ‘Southland Tales’ & The New ‘Donnie Darko’ Blu-Ray [Podcast]

Erik McClanahan

May 4, 2017 4:00 pm

News, Podcasts

On this archival episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I discuss the bizarre career (so far) of director Richard Kelly, specifically focusing on his first two features, “Donnie Darko” (recently getting a new...

Richard Kelly Teases Re-Release Of “Expanded” ‘Southland Tales’

Kevin Jagernauth

March 29, 2017 3:27 pm

News

Among the many reasons behind the infamy of Richard Kelly's post-apocalyptic misfire "Southland Tales," the brutal reception it received at Cannes paved the way. The filmmaker, dubbed the next hot thing followi...

Podcast: Adjust Your Tracking Talks Cult Franchises, ‘Blair Witch’ & Looks Back At ‘Donnie Darko’ & ‘Southland Tales’

Erik McClanahan

September 23, 2016 1:24 pm

News, Podcasts

Adjust Your Tracking is back to talk about cult movies and the often tepid results from attempting to catch lightning in a bottle again. While the box-office and critical reception for "Blair Witch" was underwh...

20 Movies That Were Booed At The Cannes Film Festival

Jessica Kiang, Nicholas Laskin and Drew Taylor

May 12, 2016 2:16 pm

Features

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The Cannes Film Festival gets underway in earnest today, which almost inevitably means that some boos will cascade through some of theaters in a few days. The culture of booing in Cannes, while not quite as pre...

Richard Kelly Has Written An Animated Prequel To ‘Southland Tales’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 29, 2010 10:00 am

News

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Richard Kelly Has Written An Animated Prequel To 'Southland Tales'

Wachowski’s Shooting Tests For New Movie With Arianna Huffington?

Oliver Lyttelton

December 8, 2009 9:49 am

News

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The Wachowskis have been fairly quiet since their headache-inducing "Speed Racer" tanked at the box office last year, but it looks like they might be moving towards something. Arianna Huffington, owner and edit...

Will Richard Kelly Actually Make His Sci-Fi Film Next?

Kevin Jagernauth

December 3, 2009 8:09 pm

News

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Way back in July, while doing the rounds for "The Box," Richard Kelly revealed that he had finished the script for what he hoped would be his next project, a futuristic thriller set in Manhattan in 2014. At the...

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