The End director Joshua Oppenheimer reflects on the dangerous qualities of hope and how his new approach to the musical carries on the themes at the core of his documentaries like The Act of Killing. After directing some of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of the 21st century like The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, The End proves to be a compelling exploration of what people go through while trying to deny the things they've done. Set within a bunker after the end of the world, The End centers around survivors dealing with a newfound guest.

This forces the group as a whole to evaluate the choices they made to survive the collapse of the world and the hard decisions they made to ensure their future at the cost of others. The End is a harrowing and powerful film, that uses musical tropes as a means of delving into the guilts,...