For filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, the beginning of “The End” came somewhat unexpectedly as an extension of his work in documentary. This might sound strange considering this narrative feature ...

Joshua Oppenheimer wasn’t planning on making his narrative feature debut about the end of the world — and he certainly didn’t think it would be a musical. And yet, eight years after the idea ...

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 ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, ...

The natural next step in the career of feted documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer - best known for his searing docs The Act of ...

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.

Part end-of-days fairy tale, part family drama and, most unexpectedly, part song-and-dance musical, this debut dramatic feature from American-born, Denmark-based filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer is ...

Opening in theaters on December 6th in limited release is ‘The End,’ directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (‘The Act of Killing’), and starring Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay ...