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What Comes After the Apocalypse? A Q&A With Joshua Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer’s latest film, The End, is a Golden Age, post-apocalyptic musical crying out from the depths of the earth. In the ...
He made documentaries about mass murder — and then a Tilda Swinton musical
The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...
Review: It’s ‘The End’ but deep underground, a sheltered family keeps on singing in denial
Director Joshua Oppenheimer, previously a documentarian who has chronicled dark acts of self-delusion, shifts to a postapocalyptic musical with similar themes.
The Movies Slate’s Movie Critic Is Most Looking Forward to in 2025
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, ...
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With ‘The End,’ Joshua Oppenheimer and Michael Shannon Wanted to Prove ‘Unraveling Lies’ Is a Lot Easier When You’re Singing
Moving from documentary to the narrative format, Oppenheimer's urge to make a musical about the end of the world was rooted in his observational sensibilities. To hear Oppenheimer tell it ...
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The musical at the end of the world
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.
Opinion
Joshua Oppenheimer’s ‘The End’ Is the Only 2024 Movie Musical That Matters — In Review
Every year is full of good movies that remind us of "the power of storytelling." "The End" reminds us how dangerous that power can be.
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He made documentaries about mass murder — and then a Tilda Swinton musical
Nearly a decade ago, Joshua Oppenheimer accompanied a Central Asian oil tycoon on a shopping trip for a doomsday bunker. Oppenheimer, an acclaimed documentarian, wondered about the emotional ...