I still can't quite wake up from this dream I'm having, that we're directing Oscar Isaac in a Marvel show. It's really happening.
Marvel's 'Moon Knight': Indie Auteurs Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Board as Directors (Exclusive) via
@thr
SYNCHRONIC is coming VERY soon. We love this movie, we’re d̷̰͝y̶̫̋i̴̛̹n̴͕̔g̷͍͊ to tell you what’s going on, & show you
@anthonymackie
& Jamie Dornan at the top of their game.
For now, here’s a pic of them looking cool via
@EW
!
Here's literally the entire movie The Endless for free on
@YouTube
.
(This is legal, we did this, please enjoy over and over and over till the non-end of timelessness)
Today, a movie we made with our friends premieres at the Sundance Film Festival. Film fests are miracles, movies are miracles, my friends are miracles. This is gonna be the best day.
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline is hearing Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have come on to co-direct a majority of the episodes for the upcoming season two with Tom Hiddleston returning in the role of
#Loki
At last, our weird movie about paramedics & designer rugs & the nature of time & dogs & New Orleans & death & cavemen & pirates & how the past sucked & friendship & burnt bodies & sad handshakes
will be hitting US digital/VOD on January 12, blu-ray a week later.
#Synchronic
Episode 4 of
#MoonKnight
took us across the world to places I never in a million years thought I'd stand, with some of the most talented, thoughtful, human people I've ever met. We are so proud of it and can't wait for you all to watch.
Jesus Christ, Skinamarink. Arthouse horror cinema rocked a sold-out crowd last night. Tests & rewards patience. There is absolutely nothing like it. That was a long walk home to my (now terrifyingly dark and silent) apartment.
@kyleedwardball
you're a master of liminal spaces.
We came up with
#Synchronic
in 2012 after cracking some jokes in a Toronto bagel shop playing one of the greatest films ever, Back to the Future. Written in 2015, shot in 2018, & being released today, Synchronic’s meaning to us keeps evolving, and also somehow stays the same.
My head and heart is still spinning from
#AlanWake2
. Thank you
@SamLakeRMD
& all at
@remedygames
for making something so personal, meta, dark, weird, fun, funny, exuberant, heartbreaking, beautiful...I'm going to miss being in your world.
Our next movie is SYNCHRONIC, with Anthony Mackie & Jamie Dornan. Thank you SO MUCH
@JustinHBenson
&
@DavidLawsonJr
for pushing this rock up the hill so long it was getting smooth. We're spending Christmas in New Orleans!
I recommend
#MidnightMass
for all humans with beating hearts and love for spectacular storytelling, performances, and cinema.
@flanaganfilm
is a master and this is his masterpiece.
New theatrical trailer for SOMETHING IN THE DIRT
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via
@IGN
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!!The world premiere of SYNCHRONIC is a special presentation at
#TIFF19
next month!
@AnthonyMackie
& Jamie Dornan are gonna break your hearts and minds, thank you warriors/brothers
@Davidlawsonjr
@justinhbenson
, and
@TIFF_NET
, it means many, many different worlds to us.
S̵̡͕̝̜̗̤͉͌̑̒́͒͗͂͊̇̕͝͝YN̶̫̺͍̩̭̯͛͐̀̽̃̀͋́̋̕CH̶̰͈͙̜͙̼̀R̶̢̼̽̑̋̍̋͋̚͜Õ̵̙̪̤̇̊̿̿̿̃͒̄NIC ̷̧͇̻̌̆̓̄͒̄̊̔̈̅̽̕͝ i̵̼̔s ̵͕́OUT NOW o̴ñ̶ ̵̓ͅU.S. ḋ̵̗i̴͘g̷i̶̛̪t̴̮̑a̵l & ̷̈ͅV̸̹̌O̷̭͋D̶.
A pile of friends worked their creative fingers to the bone on this thing, and I love each and every one of them.
RIP to the beautiful lonely mountain lion P-22. You were one of the magical pieces of the lore of Los Angeles. You gifted us one of the most otherworldy photos that instantly encapsulates why this piece of southwestern dirt is so special.
SYNCHRONIC will be on the big screens later on this year. No firm date yet, but in the meantime it'll continue its film festival tour (and so will we) so come say hello if you see us two jetlagged, tipsy, dorko filmmakers.
At last, our weird movie about paramedics & designer rugs & the nature of time & dogs & New Orleans & death & cavemen & pirates & how the past sucked & friendship & burnt bodies & sad handshakes
will be hitting US digital/VOD on January 12, blu-ray a week later.
#Synchronic
I was the colorist on Mike's ABSENTIA when I arrived in LA a million years ago. We broke-ass dudes spent a couple weeks in my run-down apartment, poring through every frame of his terrifying film & trying not to bother my roommates. He's always been a great friend & filmmaker.
Finally watched SYNCHRONIC and am utterly unsurprised to report that
@AaronMoorhead
&
@JustinHBenson
continue to kick ass. Terrific movie, trippy and sophisticated. I'm always blown away by what they accomplish, often with very limited resources. Damn, guys.
@SynchronicMovie
THE LIGHTHOUSE is like if Hemingway went on a bender and rewrote WAKE IN FRIGHT. It has joined the pantheon of greatness in filmmaking this year. Thanks yet again,
@a24
and Robert Eggers for a nautical nightmare.
Fun fact: the sunrise, sky, and the volcano in the background of this shot are VFX. We barely got the shot - It was heavily overcast and pouring rain five minutes before we rolled.
This is the first movie I ever directed, made 24 years ago to this day. It’s a horror story in 2 parts, with some vfx and martial arts by yours truly. Some things never change.
I found it last week while working on a family project. That it still exists is a beautiful gift.
The biggest thing that ever happened in my career wasn't meeting a Big™ Hollywood™ Producer™, it was meeting my then-fellow-intern
@JustinHBenson
. When figuring out how to make it, don't look upwards for help -- look to your sides.
.
@RottenTomatoes
just named The Endless the best horror film of the year. When we began this insane movie, I never expected to be able to type that sentence.
Be right back guys, I gotta go build a church, I made a promise.
That’s a wrap on
#Synchronic
, ending the most insane six months of our lives, what feels like sixty years. My cosmic brother
@justinhbenson
& I have secret-cried more on this shoot than anyone actually knows. We owe
@davidlawsonjr
a life debt for producing an impossible film 1/
NOPE is just as weird, bold, spectacular, beautiful, thoughtful, goofy, funny, and fun as our summer blockbusters deserve to be.
Maybe I'm just biased as a fan of the "amateurs trying to document the supernatural" microgenre, but
@JordanPeele
doesn't miss.
#NopeMovie
Our next movie is SYNCHRONIC, with Anthony Mackie & Jamie Dornan. Thank you SO MUCH
@justinhbenson
& Dave Lawson for pushing this rock up the hill so long it was getting smooth. We're spending Christmas in New Orleans!
I’ve known
@flanaganfilm
since I moved to LA and worked on his first film Absentia. Now we finally get to sit together once again and talk about movies. See you tomorrow!
No one’s gonna believe me, but the movie Shin Godzilla is actually 9/10s just large rooms of politicians arguing and developing policy with almost no main character. And it’s actually awesome.
That’s a wrap on
#Synchronic
, and so ends the most insane six months of our lives, that feels like sixty years. My cosmic brother
@justinhbenson
& I have secret-cried more on this shoot than anyone actually knows from pride, awe, frustration, exhaustion …
This year
@HBO
blessed us with answers to the cry for challenging, complex long form cinema. These shows throw down the gauntlet to us all to be bolder storytellers and I love them deeply:
Watchmen
Euphoria
Barry
Chernobyl
High Maintenance
True Detective
Succession
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
The adults are now in the room, there's no need for us to keep trying, time to give up filmmaking.
A mind-exploding, heart-melting, third-eye-opening masterpiece.
@Daniels
Something in the Dirt had its UK premiere at
@FrightFest
simultaneously on two unbelievably massive IMAX screens, perfect projection & sound, and a wildly enthusiastic, sold-out audience of film lovers.
Extraordinary, overwhelming, humbling. One of the best days of our lives.
In the vein of House of Leaves & Lynch, one of the best cosmic horror shorts I've ever seen, by 16-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons.
Thanks to Jason Eisner for making sure I witness the brilliance:
For those who love the tentacle side of Lovecraft & want a half-hour creature feature with an absolutely insane premise (written by Glen Morgan of The X-Files!), our 🐙
#TwilightZone
🐙 episode '8' might make your suckers pucker.
The story Tom Savini is telling about his exploding head in MANIAC is exactly why making indie movies is incredibly fun and we will do it forever.
#TheLastDriveIn
Our 1st film RESOLUTION is now streaming free on Amazon Prime.
@Justinhbenson
& I have a deep connection to it - the beginning of our partnership & careers, it's a companion piece to
#TheEndless
w/ legendary performances by
@vinnycurran
&
@petercilella
.
Read the description, press play for 10 seconds, then pause and close your eyes.
Imagine what this is gonna be. Imagine the WEIRDEST thing Nic Cage would do. Got it in your head?
Okay, press play again.
No matter what, you were wrong.
Good news: We've been working on a new indie movie & it's called SOMETHING IN THE DIRT
Better: we're doing it with
@XYZFilms
again
Best: along with the madman who discovered & distributed SPRING,
@JamesEmShapiro
.
Bummed about not being in Park City, but premiering a movie in-person can be stressful: running around like crazy, not enough time, lots of pressure.
You know how we spent yesterday? Hanging out, drinking and eating burritos with our friends. No pressure, just fun.
#sundance2022
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT NOW AVAILABLE on VOD!
Indie films have no advertising budget, so we’re doing a contest, help us out:
QUOTE TWEET THIS with your favorite Rustic Films movie to be eligible to win a free copy of the film today.
#SomethingInTheDirt
Me n'
@JustinHBenson
are watching movies for visual research before shot listing our next thing. Here's what's on the list so far:
- Kill List
- Hereditary
- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- Wake in Fright
- The Wrestler
Anyone else feelin a bit like Chris right now? Chained inside your own house with your toilet paper, repeating the same week over and over, trying desperately to be sober?
That feeling of "movie magic" can be a bit harder to come by when you know how the sausage is made.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is pure movie magic. I haven't a clue how this sausage was made. I just accept this gift from the cosmos.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
The adults are now in the room, there's no need for us to keep trying, time to give up filmmaking.
A mind-exploding, heart-melting, third-eye-opening masterpiece.
@Daniels
Jackass is the hardest I've laughed in so, so, so long. My jaw hurts, my head hurts, my whole body aches from two hours of being in a laughing fit. I absolutely love that stupid movie.
Why didn't anyone tell me that
@ControlRemedy
is a ridiculously cool combination of The X-Files, Twin Peaks, House of Leaves and the SCP Foundation? I want to buy
@SamLakeRMD
a hundred beers and beg him to watch The Endless.
I love
@JustinHBenson
and
@DavidLawsonJr
with all my silly little indie filmmaker heart.
#SomethingInTheDirt
has become the tiny little film that could because of them. I don't like to imagine what my life would be like if we'd never met.
#AnthonyMackie
and
#JamieDornan
are the most giving, thoughtful, energetic performers — asking questions, always emotionally present, filmmakers in their own right.
#AllyIoannides
&
#KatieAselton
made us feel unworthy whenever the camera rolled. 2/
Tickets for the online
#Sundance2022
premiere of SOMETHING IN THE DIRT now available.
If you have an internet connection, you can see the film in 10 days.
This movie has it all. Amazing practical FX, Lynchian oddities in the desert, cults, the wonderful concept of actual sorcerers masquerading as sleight of hand magicians in the Magic Castle in Hollywood to hide their true intentions in plain sight, and a mandrill.
Just finished
@frictionalgames
' SOMA, so I'm existentially devastated. Some of the classiest, bleakest, most introspective and terrifying writing in video games I've ever experienced. It's like if Harlan Ellison were still with us, designed games, & smoked cigars with HR Geiger.
Anthony, Jamie, Katie, Ally, all the cast, you are astonishing. The crew in New Orleans & post production worldwide, we don’t deserve your careful artistry & hard work. Distributors, exhibitors & audience members that have spent part of your lives with us, THANK YOU.
Everyone who used the bathroom during
#MIDSOMMAR
was quite literally running so they didn’t miss a second of its mesmerizing 2.5 hours. As an aficionado of horror movies about isolated druggie cults, Ari’s wears the flower crown.
If you're someone who loves mystery and magic, here's our cute little VFX breakdown for
#SomethingInTheDirt
that will ruin those things for you.
Yes, we made the couch float exactly the way you think we did.
The guy who made CONTROL just called ME crazy (which remains one of the best games ever made and one of my favorites, so this means the absolute world to me)
I had the pleasure of watching SOMETHING IN THE DIRT by
@AaronMoorhead
&
@JustinHBenson
. A fair warning: These guys are crazy 😱. In all the best ways 🔥. So many things here that I adore ❤️❤️❤️. Go see it! In US you can catch it here:
Some GREAT news for bad times:
Our film SHE DIES TOMORROW will be distributed worldwide by Neon. Cool-kid/director
@amy_seimetz
is gonna get the release her beautiful & contagious film has earned. Thanks to
@neonrated
for taking the shot.
We're so proud of the two episodes we directed of
#Archive81
on
@netflix
that released today. Last winter we worked with an profoundly talented crew, made lifelong friends despite a pandemic, and I got to spend my first-ever Christmas in the snow.
I’ve not met
@rianjohnson
, but I’ve met some of his friends. You know what they say about him behind his back?
That he’s a saint and a genius and an incredible friend.
#thankyourianjohnson
Endlessly awed by your passion, creativity, anger, joy, positivity, excitement, engagement and love. You continuously defy every cynical narrative. You’re the best.
#thankyoustarwarsfans