Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who’s stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

For one magnificent night only, HEAR ME OUT! presents Southland Tales, a Bush-era apocalyptic descent into media manipulation, government surveillance, and unchecked technological advancement…. sound familiar?

Richard Kelly’s follow-up to his beloved Donnie Darko polarised critics at Cannes, but has since earned a small but devoted cult following for its audacity, ambition, and absolute lunacy. 

Set in a fractured near-future America, the film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a paranoid action star with amnesia, Sarah Michelle Gellar as a porn star turned media mogul, and Seann William Scott as…twins(?)– not to mention one of the wildest supporting casts ever assembled.

Joining us to offer their passionate defence are Gabrielle Marceau & Sennah Yee, founders and editors of the online film journal In the Mood Magazine. But in the end, only the audience can decide: is it a misunderstood masterpiece, or a perfectly rated fiasco?

Love it or hate it, here is a film that demands to be experienced loud and big and with an audience. This is the way the world ends– not with a whimper, but with a bang. – MARC BASQUE & LACEY NOVINKA

Doors Open 30 Minutes Before Showtime.