Tag: Resolution
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Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead On ‘Synchronic,’ Obsessing With Time, Working Under Quarantine & More [Interview]
Directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson have been making creative leaps in independent film for years now. From their debut, the two-man show “Resolution,” critics have been stoking the flames of their work, though the audiences have remained cult-like in their following, even with big names such as director Guillermo del Toro singing their praises.…
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Synchronic’
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been making intriguing, resourceful and idea-based (rather than action-driven) genre films together since “Resolution” in 2012. Last year’s enigmatic inner-/outer-space journey “The Endless” seemed to place them on the cusp of mainstream breakthrough, although that promise looks a little less bright for the arrival of “Synchronic,” which rather than…
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‘The Endless’ Filmmakers on Their Trippy Mythology & Deciphering That Ending
Be aware there are spoilers for The Endless. This weekend, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s The Endless rolls out into theaters across the country, which means that folks nationwide are going to be unravelling the headtrip horrors of the film’s unnerving, mysterious Lovecraftian mythology and looking for some answers. Earlier this month, I published the…
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‘The Endless’ Directors Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead Talk Diy Filmmaking, Shared Universes, And Their Love Of ‘Almost Famous’
“The Endless,” directed by innovative, Diy directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, prides itself in breaking from the uniformity pack, defining itself by its black comedy wit. The film’s eerie, practical effect visuals, and a finely crafted tone, that is less scary than it is unsettling. Along with their two prior films, “Resolution” and “Spring,”…