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...hope for the next “Donnie Darko.” Kelly, the director of both films, appears to realize that he will not surpass his previous feat; rather, he makes allusions to his cult classic by designating the signature rabbit symbol from “Donnie Darko?? as an icon for the underground Marxist movement that begins to unravel the apocalypse plot. In doing this, he acknowledges that the success of the cult is everywhere. Here, however, Kelly has more mainstream aspirations. He aims both for surrealist comedy and action slasher, although time travel does make...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Southland Tales | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

When “Donnie Darko?? first went into wide release, a tragic coincidence gave the film an enormous and unanticipated thematic significance. Writer/director Richard Kelly could never have predicted that his tale of a young man facing a deadly plane crash and an imminent apocalypse would hit screens a scant few weeks after the Twin Towers fell...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Debut of ‘Darko’ Disappoints at ART | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...show ultimately writes a thematic check that it cannot cash. Perhaps the best thing that can be said about ”Donnie Darko?? comes from a line spoken by its protagonist near the end of the play: “Everything is gonna be fine.” Yes, Donnie, it’s all fine—but with such rich source material and such relevance to post-9/11 anxieties, shouldn’t it be more than just fine...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Debut of ‘Darko’ Disappoints at ART | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

Robert Redford’s “Lions for Lambs” is one of those films that leaves you thinking, “What the heck?” Not in a cool, “Donnie Darko??-esque, “I-don’t-understand-what-I-just-saw-but-I-like-it” type of way, but in a “I-can’t-believe-I-just-wasted-ninety-minutes-of-my-life-watching-this-useless-piece-of-animal-feces” type of way. Nothing, not even...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lions for Lambs | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection,” which is comprised of mixed media works by 107 artists from 20 different countries. 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 2) Jake’s not in it, but… The cult classic movie “Donnie Darko?? is now on stage, and knowing the trusty A.R.T., this version will be even weirder—and better. Opens Oct. 27, runs until Nov. 18. Zero Arrow Theatre. Box office at 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. “Student rush” offers $15 tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Get out! | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

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