Staff Picks
DONNIE DARKO (35MM)
Friday, May 16, 2025 | 7:30pm
Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 7:00pm
Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 7:30pm
Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 7:00pm
Picked by: Kristie, IT
For Fans Of: Mind-benders and creepy bunnies
Wake up, Donnie! This is your chance to be among the first audeinces to see a new 35mm print, via the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA).
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds… that is when the world will end.
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills, and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium.
Described by its director as “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as told by Philip K. Dick,” DONNIE DARKO stars Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, and Noah Wyle.
“A haunted miasma of youthful alienation, suburban malaise, cosmic upheaval, and 1980s pop-cultural infatuation.”
—Justin Chang, L.A. Times
Rated R | 1 hour 53 mins | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 2001 | United States| English
Written and Directed by Richard Kelly
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