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Ben Mekler
@benmekler.bsky.social
· Nov 15
If u wanna be happy the rest of ur life
Never make a prairie falcon ur wife
They need a moderate altitude
To catch burrowing owls for food
Never make a prairie falcon ur wife
They need a moderate altitude
To catch burrowing owls for food
I directed this special! Watch it now please thanks!
🚨 Dropout Presents: Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip is out now!
@electrolemon.bsky.social
@electrolemon.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I directed this special! Watch it now please thanks!
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
Photos by me in 35mm and 120, by Kirby in 35 and digital.
Love you, share with friends, thanks! www.kirbymekler.com/store
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).
www.kirbymekler.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
Photos by me in 35mm and 120, by Kirby in 35 and digital.
Love you, share with friends, thanks! www.kirbymekler.com/store
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hello. my comedy special, Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip, comes to Dropout November 19th ✨🔥🎷🐵🤖🇮🇹
A new series of Dropout Presents specials are coming soon to Dropout!
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October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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!
A new series of Dropout Presents specials are coming soon to Dropout!
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October 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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
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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...
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...
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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...
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
For episode 15, writer and producer @benmekler.bsky.social joins us to talk about the 2007 superhero comedy Underdog.
Consider getting fixed before tuning in on 9/17!
Consider getting fixed before tuning in on 9/17!
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
So true
completely forgot this was a website
August 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
completely forgot this was a website
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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.
Everyone contacting me about Root as an animated property: That's cool and all but I still think it would be much more niche and way cooler if we did it with creepy puppets like the Dark Crystal.
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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.
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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...
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
www.gofundme.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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
I think @benmekler.bsky.social should make a bonus episode of Mortal Podkast creating a fictional history and backstory for Floyd
May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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
April 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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
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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...
theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...
‘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.
theplaylist.net
March 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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...
theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...
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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...
My final #SXSW2025 review: theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...
March 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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...
My final #SXSW2025 review: theplaylist.net/it-ends-revi...
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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
The Baltimorons
Hallow Road
It Ends
The Rivals of Amziah King
March 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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
The Baltimorons
Hallow Road
It Ends
The Rivals of Amziah King
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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’ 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...
bloody-disgusting.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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.
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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!
March 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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!
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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.
Can't wait for everyone else to experience it.
It Ends
SXSW 2025 Schedule |
schedule.sxsw.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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.
Can't wait for everyone else to experience it.
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Saw "IT ENDS" and it's a certified banger. Alex Ullom is a major new talent and the young cast all deliver remarkable performances - a movie that starts out terrifying and then turns funny and philosophical and ultimately life-affirming
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’ 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...
bloody-disgusting.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Saw "IT ENDS" and it's a certified banger. Alex Ullom is a major new talent and the young cast all deliver remarkable performances - a movie that starts out terrifying and then turns funny and philosophical and ultimately life-affirming
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Day one of #SXSW
Got to see 3 movies
The Threesome
It Ends
Ghost Boy
I loved loved It Ends. It’s a psychological horror that leaves you wanting more and wondering what happened in the best way. The picture is the main cast. Lots of talent in this photo!
Got to see 3 movies
The Threesome
It Ends
Ghost Boy
I loved loved It Ends. It’s a psychological horror that leaves you wanting more and wondering what happened in the best way. The picture is the main cast. Lots of talent in this photo!
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Day one of #SXSW
Got to see 3 movies
The Threesome
It Ends
Ghost Boy
I loved loved It Ends. It’s a psychological horror that leaves you wanting more and wondering what happened in the best way. The picture is the main cast. Lots of talent in this photo!
Got to see 3 movies
The Threesome
It Ends
Ghost Boy
I loved loved It Ends. It’s a psychological horror that leaves you wanting more and wondering what happened in the best way. The picture is the main cast. Lots of talent in this photo!
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Saw 2 movies at SXSW today. IT ENDS and TOGETHER. Both rule.
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Saw 2 movies at SXSW today. IT ENDS and TOGETHER. Both rule.
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I really liked IT ENDS, a sci-fi horror about the nightmare of growing up
screenanarchy.com/2025/03/sxsw...
screenanarchy.com/2025/03/sxsw...
SXSW 2025 Review: IT ENDS, Angst and Fear on the Endless Road to Adulthood
A quartet of twenty-something friends out for a drive find themselves on a road to nowhere in first time feature director Alexander Ullom’s meditative sci-fi thriller, It Ends, premiering this w...
screenanarchy.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I really liked IT ENDS, a sci-fi horror about the nightmare of growing up
screenanarchy.com/2025/03/sxsw...
screenanarchy.com/2025/03/sxsw...
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper - by Brian Tallerico www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sx...
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
On three premieres from the first night of SXSW, including an early standout.
www.rogerebert.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper - by Brian Tallerico www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sx...
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It Ends is the road trip from hell, as Alexander Ullom finds a way to to make something mundane interesting, making a character study of what happens when you are alone with your own thoughts and delivering one hell of a well made movie . #SXSW
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It Ends is the road trip from hell, as Alexander Ullom finds a way to to make something mundane interesting, making a character study of what happens when you are alone with your own thoughts and delivering one hell of a well made movie . #SXSW