The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...
Oppenheimer’s latest film, The End, is a Golden Age, postapocalyptic musical crying out from the depths of the earth.
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER: That’s so nice. I’m glad because I know some people really love the film and for others, it’s really not for them, which is maybe a good thing. I’ve only experienced ...
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, ...
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker stopped by Here & Queer to talk with Peter Knegt about his audacious take on the end of the world.
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 ...
Deep in a bunker, a family keeps on singing in the year's most nightmarish piece of future shock. Director Joshua Oppenheimer had never made a musical before.
Director Joshua Oppenheimer, previously a documentarian who has chronicled dark acts of self-delusion, shifts to a postapocalyptic musical with similar themes.
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.