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The Mary Sue

Apocalypse constantly: The perverse reasons we love to watch ourselves die on screen

INSIDE FILM: From ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’, nothing seems to bring audiences together faster than a glimpse at the end of the world. As Tilda Swinton sings through the apocalypse in her new film, Xan Brooks…

The Independent UK

The End review – post-apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is catastrophically self-indulgent

In their luxury bunker, the ultra-wealthy last survivors of a global disaster break into song – to sometimes painful effect – in Joshua Oppenheimer’s bloated if visually stunning debut fiction feature

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George MacKay on Tilda Swinton, 'chafing' salt burns and apocalyptic musical The End

George MacKay is one of the finest and bravest young actors around and The End may be his most challenging yet

Evening Standard

The End review: all down to the bunker for Joshua Oppenheimer’s bananas, post-apocalyptic musical

3/5 Tilda Swinton and George MacKay lead the shaky singalong in a strange tale that could have been a masterpiece

Evening Standard

The End is a chilling climate apocalypse story stretched over the bones of an MGM musical

4/5 Acclaimed documentarian behind ‘The Act of Killing’ Joshua Oppenheimer turns his hand to fiction for this socially charged musical

The Independent UK

The End review – Tilda Swinton end-of-the-world singalong drama commands attention

There are very good performances from Michael Shannon and Swinton, who go to ground in a survival bunker with their son, only to come across an uninvited guest

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‘Musicals can be quite sinister’: Tilda Swinton and Joshua Oppenheimer on bonkers bunker singalong The End

Inspired by a Russian tycoon’s survival bunker, the pair’s post-apocalyptic tale takes in environmental collapse, our facades and delusions – and big ol’ show tunes

The Guardian - UK

‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia

The revered cinematographer was making an apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton deep in a salt mine when he realised he had to flee. Can he now save his son?

The Guardian - UK

The Most Experimental Apocalypse Movie of the Year is a Meandering Journey to Nowhere

Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical is an interesting, but failed, experiment.

Inverse

Tilda Swinton at "The End" of the world

Oscar nominee Joshua Oppenheimer's latest film isn't as stressful as it sounds, but it'll break your heart anyway

Salon

Jude Law says fossil fuel companies need to answer for their actions

Celebrities including Sir Mark Rylance and Aisling Bea are backing the Global Witness Payback Time campaign.

Evening Standard

The 26 scariest films that aren’t horror movies, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: Horror movies aren’t for everyone, but being scared by a film isn’t something exclusive to the genre. Greg Evans looks at 26 films that may not feature ghosts or ghouls but will still give you nightmares

The Independent UK

Singin’ in the nuclear rain: new films push the musical genre in a darker direction

From murderers to apocalypse-escapers, gender re-assignment to political prisoners, film-makers and composers are bringing singing and dancing back

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The End: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the Tilda Swinton movie

What's a better subject for a musical than the end of the world? Find out everything you need to know about The End right here.

The Guardian - US

The End review – Joshua Oppenheimer’s end-of-days musical is ambitious and exhausting

The documentarian makes his hit-and-miss narrative debut with help from Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon as privileged parents in a luxury bunker

WhatToWatch

33 potential Oscar nominees to look out for the rest of 2024

As we head into the last few months of 2024, we detail the potential Oscar nominees that are worth putting on your must-watch list.

The Guardian - UK

‘They are in a different league’: the British films coming for Hollywood in 2024

Forthcoming films by Jonathan Glazer, Steve McQueen and Andrew Haigh have already won awards and high praise in the US – just three on a long list of UK directors set to shake up cinema in the new year

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After 10 years, I’m stepping down as the Observer’s film critic. Here are my top films from the decade

As I leave the post, I look back on how cinema has changed since 2013 and, below, pick a favourite movie from each year of my tenure – as well as a turkey

Belfast Live

Derry actress Bronagh Gallagher joins cast of Joshua Oppenheimer musical The End

Filming is already underway in Ireland for the musical, also starring Michael Shannon and Tilda Swinton

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