Tag: The Endless
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Ethan Hawke to Battle Oscar Isaac as ‘Moon Knight’ Villain in Marvel Disney+ Series
Ethan Hawke is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the villain in the upcoming “Moon Knight” television series on Disney+, THR reports. The casting choice will make “Moon Knight” hard to resist for indie movie lovers, as the MCU series pits Hawke against Oscar Isaac, who is starring in the title role. “Ramy” breakout May…
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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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Exclusive ‘The Endless’ Clip: A Strange Taste of One of 2018’s Best Horror Movies
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are two of the most interesting and inquisitive voices echoing throughout today’s cinematic landscape, and their latest title The Endless showcases precisely why. Two creators likened to disciples of Richard Linklater and H.P. Lovecraft – even if they haven’t read Lovecraft or watched Linklater – blazing a dialogue-driven trail of…
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‘The Endless’ Filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Their Lovecraftian Mindf*ck Movie
With their critically celebrated films Resolution and Spring behind them, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have already established themselves as the kind of innovative genre filmmakers studios should be throwing money at. But their third feature film, easily marks their most ambitious, entertaining effort yet. Using the lens of a fractured relationship between two brothers,…
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“We Made a Cult that People Might Have Wanted to Join”: Five Questions for The Endless Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Offering a blend of psychological seduction and physical threat, cults have provided charged settings for a number of recent movies, both fiction and doc. But The Endless, the latest feature from innovative independent genre filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, puts a new spin on the cult-film genre; they writers, directors and stars make their…
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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,”…
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‘The Endless’ Trailer: There’s Something Out Here
A new The Endless trailer has arrived, loaded with pull-quotes, intense music, and what looks to be one of the most interesting genre thrillers of the year. Watch the new The Endless trailer below. Give me this movie now, please. The Endless is another one of those festival circuit movies that I’ve somehow managed to…