Donnie Darko

  • Podcasts

‘Southland Tales Will Always Be My Favorite’: Richard Kelly on His Divisive Donnie Darko Follow-Up, Casting The Rock, and Plans for a Six-Hour Version

https://shows.acast.com/moviemaker-interviews/episodes/richard-kelly-southland-tales Five years after his 2001 breakthrough Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly risked making the epic-scale followup Southland Tales, starring early…

3 years ago
  • Directing

Moviemaking on Ice: Jay Baruchel on the Transition from Acting to Directing for Sequel to Cult Hit Goon

After co-writing surprise cult hit Goon back in 2011, actor, comedian and Canadian Jay Baruchel now steps behind the camera to…

7 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Burning Annie Arrived at Distribution After a Long, Long Decade Of Catastrophes

If an indie film is lucky enough to get distribution at all, the release is its one shot, a match…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: What are Plot Patterns, and Why Should You Identify Them in Movies?

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What if I told you…

8 years ago
  • Directing

Richard Kelly’s Second Chance: The Director Reflects on How Donnie Darko Became a Cult Hit

Movies that barely net a half million at the box office are generally written off as duds in Hollywood. But…

20 years ago