AltWeeklies Wire
L.A. Storynew
Richard Kelly's latest is sure to let down fans of Donnie Darko -- and movies in general.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-10-2008 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Southland Tales' Wastes an All-Star Castnew
This is perhaps the most self-indulgent film to come down the pike in more than a decade and is likely to be remembered in the same breath as such other costly debacles as Heaven's Gate and Cleopatra.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
11-19-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Southland Diaries': Re-Cut but Not Improvednew
Richard Kelly seems to think that to merely mention Fallujah or global warming -- or to name a bank after Karl Rove -- is the same as actually having an opinion about them, and his all-you-can-eat buffet of cinematic in-references operates on pretty much the same superficial level.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
The Wasted Landnew
Lethal baby farts have been cut, the better for Richard Kelly's doomsaying Donnie Darko follow-up to emphasize more-familiar threats to our national security -- including Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, and Kevin Smith.
Boston Phoenix |
Rob Nelson |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Southland is a Non-Funny Laff Riotnew
If there was ever a director in dire need of a studio muzzle (as well as arm and leg shackles), it's Richard Kelly.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Director Richard Kelly's Sophomoric Sophmore Filmnew
Once upon a time, writer-director Kelly gave us the fine and sensitive Donnie Darko, a work that succeeded in building eeriness and foreboding with minimal violence. Not so in Southland Tales.
Willamette Week |
N.P. Thompson |
11-14-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Southland Tales': Dead on the 4th of Julynew
The maker of Donnie Darko goes funnily and frustratingly off the deep end.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
11-09-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Give Donnie Darko One More Chancenew
With the release of the director's cut, two Bay Guardian critics give bizarre cult film Donnie Darko another chance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
09-01-2004 |
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Donnie Darko's Paradise is Lostnew
With the release of the director's cut, two Bay Guardian critics give bizarre cult film Donnie Darko another chance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Andrew Repasky McElhinney |
09-01-2004 |
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Lucid Assemblynew
Richard Kelly talks about the reasons for releasing a new director's cut.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director's Cut Resurrects Cult Filmnew
Hoping to capitalize on the film's growing cult following, Kelly's story of teenager Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), who has apocalyptic visions of the future, is being re-released theatrically. Kelly's Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut features additional '80s pop tunes and 20 more minutes of footage meant to clarify some of the story's loose ends.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-26-2004 |
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