Mila Matveeva

Originally intended as a nine-part transmedia opus (later reduced to six), Richard Kelly's Southland Tales (2006) comprises three graphic novels and a feature film containing the concluding chapters. With a who’s-who-of-the-aughts ensemble cast performing iconic musical numbers, Kelly’s follow-up to Donnie Darko (2001) is nauseating, referential, absurd, and sometimes even a little fun.

Published Nov 04, 2022 6 Noah Baumbach's White Noise, based on the book by Don DeLillo, is the first time the director has worked from someone else's source material, and it's a sometimes-hit, sometimes-miss adaptation. Like the novel, the film is broken up into three acts, part one establishing the quirky Gladney family within an overwhelming 1980s world.

Published Oct 21, 2022 9 In the first moments of Aftersun, the understated debut feature from writer and director Charlotte Wells, we look into the past through the prism of sweet, often silly but ultimately mysterious camcorder footage. It shows Calum (Paul Mescal) and his 11-year old-daughter Sophie (Frankie Corio) on a summer holiday in Turkey leading up to his 31st birthday.