The End is a harrowing and powerful film, that uses musical tropes as a means of delving into the guilts, furies, and hopes of the cast. During an interview with ScreenRant, Joshua Oppenheimer ...
"The End," by director Joshua Oppenheimer ("The Act of Killing ... 1/2 (out of 5) Not in the literal sense. The cast has the lung capacity for more than two hours of singing and the songs ...
The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...
A machine that manufactures empathy as a panacea rather than as a means to an end. Rooted in his frustration with the film industry’s response to the war in Gaza, Wang rails against the hostile ...
It’s a 2½-hour postapocalyptic musical that takes place in a bunker deep underground among the last surviving family on Earth ...
Just as they drink wine with their lavish meals despite its sourness, they sing out their emotions despite the shared fiction ...
Mother (Tilda Swinton) is having a bad dream. Sleeping beside her is the sweet and affable Father (Michael Shannon). She wrestles herself out of a nightmare and is comforted by her husband. She lies ...
It’s a little startling — even if you’re expecting it — when Michael Shannon begins to sing with George MacKay in the opening minutes of “The End.” “A perfect morning,” MacKay ...