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Eleven years ago, with the release of Richard Kelly’s seminal cult classic Donnie Darko, the thought that I might be one day vying to defend this once prolific director to a dismissive general public and disenfranchised fanbase would have been as counter-intuitive as thoughts come. Following the theatrical release of Kelly’s freshman effort – which [...]
Casting is underway for Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly’s next film, which is titled Corpus Christi. Kelly is producing with Eli Roth, and the project will apparently deviate from the skewed stories Kelly has told before. His last film, The Box, didn’t perform as well as was expected, and suffering something of a critical savaging, [...]
Richard Kelly’s latest journey into his own personal Twilight Zone is out now on DVD and we’re given you the chance to win one of three copies of the film on DVD. If you enjoyed the time twisting Donnie Darko, or the brain melting Southland Tales then there’s an excellent chance you’ll be interested in [...]
Richard Kelly’s The Box opens today in the UK, you can read my review here, and to celebrate the 70s paranoia vibe we’re posting this look back at some of the greatest conspiracy/paranoia thrillers of that decade. There are some great films here, and The Box does its best to emulate this, so you might [...]
In 2001, Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko opened in theatres. With only a limited release, just 58 screens across the US it wasn’t able to set the box office alight, with a domestic gross of around $520,000, and $4.1M worldwide. When it came to DVD, however, it found a new lease of life. With some interesting [...]
Richard Kelly is unable to make a dull film, and the merits of his latest, The Box, point to a director whose commitment is always to his own personal view of the story – not the narrative flow, nor the performances of the actors, and certainly not to giving the audience a coherent and straightforward [...]
Empire have released the UK teaser poster for Cameron Diaz’s new movie, The Box. The Box is directed by Richard Kelly who has previously given us Donnie Darko. The cult status which Darko has created means that anything Kelly makes must be worth a watch. It’s based on a book by the author who brought [...]
