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Southland Tales

May 14—17, 2026
    Part of
  • Pynchonesque
  • and
  • BAM Film 2026
Directed by Richard Kelly (2006)
With Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Wallace Shawn, Justin Timberlake
Set in the then near-future landscape of 2008 Los Angeles, this ensemble black comedy about the city’s impending social and economic collapse satirizes the military-industrial complex and accelerating infotainment industry. A sprawling cast of characters circle a shadowy conspiracy, which literalizes a Pynchonesque love of “low” culture through its cast of mid-00s pop culture icons.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      144min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      35mm

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