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 ...
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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A little song and dance with your post-apocalypse?
Part end-of-days fairy tale, part family drama and, most unexpectedly, part song-and-dance musical, this debut dramatic ...
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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, postapocalyptic musical crying out from the depths of the earth.
The elite sing off-key at humanity's curtain call in The End
Just as they drink wine with their lavish meals despite its sourness, they sing out their emotions despite the shared fiction ...
Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is about the last family left on Earth
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker stopped by Here & Queer to talk with Peter Knegt about his audacious take on the end of the world.
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He had a vision for the end of the world. Of course, it had to be a musical
Joshua Oppenheimer, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘The Act of Killing,’ discusses the making and aftermath of the film. Feb. 18, 2014 It all sounds a bit like a Mad Libs.
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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.