Southland Tales (Cannes Cut 20th Anniversary)

Name: Southland Tales (Cannes Cut 20th Anniversary)
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 2026-07-04
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar

<div><b>Screening because <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/weve-got-a-cinema-and-were-not-afraid-to-use-it/">We've Got A Cinema And We're Not Afraid To Use It</a>!</b><i></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>“This is the way the world ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bang.”</i></div><div><br></div><div>Near-future America. A corrupt presidential candidate is blackmailed by a former porn star turned reality TV prophet. A megalomaniacal tech-guru manipulates government policy as his new energy source causes environmental catastrophe. An unchecked, militarized police force run by an ultra-conservative think-tank terrorize civilians indiscriminately, and an addictive new drug consumes the country. Sound familiar?</div><div><br></div><div>In 2006 writer-director Richard Kelly (<i>Donnie Darko</i>) baffled audiences at Cannes with his epic, apocalyptic vision of an America on the brink of social collapse; lifting the veil on post-9/11, Iraq War-era America, <i>Southland Tales</i> is as bold, satirical and bizarre as ever. Kelly’s notion that the future would not get better, that we were headed for darker, even stupider times, feels strikingly prescient in 2026.</div><div><br></div><div>With deliberate nods to <i>Kiss Me Deadly</i>, <i>Dr. Strangelove</i>, <i>Repo Man</i>, <i>Strange Days</i> and <i>Mulholland Drive</i>, Kelly’s scope is undeniable. Come for Dwayne Johnson’s twitchy, amnesiac performance, stay for Justin Timberlake’s lip-synching dance routine to The Killers' <i>All These Things That I’ve Done</i>, and don’t miss out on the floating ice-cream truck that heralds the end of all existence…</div><div><br></div><div>Starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake, Amy Poehler, Wood Harris, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Lambert, and featuring a luminous performance from Sarah Michelle Gellar, our 20th anniversary screening of the original Cannes Cut is a must see for fans of transgressive cinema.</div><div><br></div><div>See you on July 4th.</div><div><br></div><div><div><i>Selected and written by Simon Read, Cinema Assistant</i></div></div>Science FictionPT2H25M152026-07-04

Dwayne Johnson

Seann William Scott

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Richard Kelly

Sean McKittrick

Matthew Rhodes

Kendall Morgan

Bo Hyde

Southland Tales (Cannes Cut 20th Anniversary)"Southland Tales (Cannes Cut 20th Anniversary)"

Showtimes

July 4, 8:00 pm