Ben Mekler

extremely good username

I just watched this AND IT IS FANTASTIC.

SEE YOU AT THE GODDAMN MOVIES

I can't imagine a more exciting inaugural @letterboxd.social Video Store rental!

❤️

This is a really great high concept movie. A group of college friends take a wrong turn and end up on a road that doesn't seem to end. Like ever. A really great premise taken to its best possible conclusion. Loved it.

I know what I’m watching tonight!

The film I’m watching tonight. You should be watching it too.

It Ends (2025) A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape s...

It Ends is now available to watch on the @letterboxd.social video store! Please watch our movie thanks! boxd.it/SBUi

I directed this special! Watch it now please thanks!

Mekler Prints - Kirby Mekler Portfolio Photography prints by Kirby Mekler and Ben Mekler. After losing their home in the Eaton wildfire they decided to raise money by selling prints of their photos (mostly travel, film, nature and food).

Launched a Mekler Family Print Shop, all proceeds go towards rebuilding our house. We will close the shop in two weeks so we have time to fill orders before the holidays.

Photos by me in 35mm and 120, by Kirby in 35 and digital.

Love you, share with friends, thanks! www.kirbymekler.com/store

Tweet from Ben Mekler (@benmekler): THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. When Maria Bello showed up, people started screaming. Teen behind me threw his shoe at the screen and yelled “where the fuck is Rachel Weisz?!” Lot of walkouts. A little kid started crying, screaming really, “that’s not Evie!”. I threw up

Oh man I’m glad you caught it! My writing/producing partner and I are Exec Producers on the film. We helped get the the movie finished and popped in wherever we could be helpful.

hello. my comedy special, Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip, comes to Dropout November 19th ✨🔥🎷🐵🤖🇮🇹

I directed Demi’s special and had the best time. You will too. Please watch thanks!

Anyone else get raptured? Been alone up here with God for like two days. He keeps trying to get me to play Jackbox even though I told Him like fifty times that it’s not that fun with two people

Today we’re talking about the 2007 superhero comedy Underdog with special guest @benmekler.bsky.social.

Plus: the expansive Air Bud universe, Jim Belushi’s dog-centric career, and being the Amy Adams of the furry awards.

Listen here 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/u...

So true

Thank you friend!! Maybe it’s time to make some more ‘casts…

completely forgot this was a website

Look everyone @benmekler.bsky.social, @chrisamick.bsky.social, and myself want to work on this thing together. Someone help us get this film made animated or not. You know it would be fun.

Donate to Ben and Kirby lost everything in the Eaton Fire, organized by Olga L I'm heartbroken to learn that my friend Ben and his wife Kirby lost their home … Olga L needs your support for Ben and Kirby lost everything in the Eaton Fire

happy birthday to @benmekler.bsky.social. a good gift might be donating to the gofundme from when his house burned down in the altadena fire and he lost everything!!! www.gofundme.com/f/ben-and-ki...

Tempt not a desperate man

No amusement as a parent will ever match the time my three year old daughter learned that Pixies is one of my favorite bands, enthusiastically asked to listen to them, and realized the disparity between reality and what she’d imagined

‘It Ends’ Review: The Kids Are Not Alright In Alex Ullom’s Evocative Existential Horror Debut [SXSW] Alexander Ullom's fascinating drama/existential hororr, 'It Ends' about fear, dread and the unknown makes him a instant filmmaker to watch.

It’s a simple yet haunting work that’s well-shot, written, and acted across the board, especially for a first feature. It also gets better as it goes along, finding surprising resonances that get at something truthful about how it is we find meaning in a bleak world 📽️
theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...

James (Phinehas Yoon), Day (Akira Jackson), Bd Fisher (Noah Toth) stare out from a car into the woods as they find themselves trapped on a never-ending road in a still from writer-director Alex Ullom’s feature debut IT ENDS.

IT ENDS: Alex Ullom’s existential horror debut about a group of young friends who get trapped on a never-ending road is the discovery of this year’s #SXSW. It marks him as a filmmaker to watch & is a work I still can't stop thinking about 📽️

My final #SXSW2025 review: theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...

Doing a gaggle of screeners as SXSW closes but my best of fest so far:
The Baltimorons
Hallow Road
It Ends
The Rivals of Amziah King

‘It Ends’ Filmmaker Discusses Genre-Bending “Horror Hangout” Debut [SXSW Interview] One of the standouts at this year’s SXSW film festival, at least so far, is writer/director/editor Alexander Ullom‘s feature debut It Ends, an audacious, genre-bending road trip nightmare with a lot o...

SXSW kicks off today with a slew of exciting premieres, including the genre-bender IT ENDS, which writer/director Alexander Ullom calls his "horror hangout" movie. The story behind getting it made is pretty wild, too.

IT ENDS (2025; d. Alexander Ullom): @sxsw.com Friends don’t let friends drive endlessly. But you need friends! Likable characters, terrific performances, empathetic direction. Audience loved it too!

It Ends SXSW 2025 Schedule |

Congratulations to Alexander Ullom and team on the excellent IT ENDS, sure to be one of this year's genre breakouts. It has the feeling of a true original and an exciting new voice.

Can't wait for everyone else to experience it.