Ari Aster would like you to go back in time. The writer-director of Hereditary and Midsommar doesn’t need you to travel too far. Just five years. You probably remember a few of the details from May 2020: social distancing, social-media diatribes, swabs being thrust violently into nasal cavities, “I Can’t …
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Tensions are high between officials and townspeople in Eddington, New Mexico on June 2, 2020 in the teaser trailer for the black comedy western, Eddington. The Ari Aster-written and directed film, which will make its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month, arrives in theaters on July 18. In …
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Nicolas Cage faces off with admirers and angry mobs in the latest dark comedy from A24, Dream Scenario. Directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) and produced by Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau Is Afraid), Cage plays a professor who finds himself in the midst of celebrity after he …
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Think about some of the weirdest dreams you’ve ever had. Maybe you were perched on a dining room table while hungry alligators slithered toward you. Or the one where you’re sitting by a swimming pool as various objects fall from the sky. Or that nightmare where a tall, terrifying man …
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“They fuck you up, your mum and dadThey may not mean to, but they doThey fill you with the faults they hadAnd add some extra, just for you.”-“This Be the Verse,” Philip Larkin “A boy’s best friend is his mother.”–Norman Bates Someone may want to start a Kickstarter for Ari …
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Reality and illusion blur into one in the first official trailer for Ari Aster‘s upcoming dramedy Beau is Afraid. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Beau, an outwardly well-meaning man riddled with anxiety and family trauma who loses his grasp on reality. Believing he’s on his way to visit his overbearing mother, …
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What’s scarier than a spooky Halloween? In 2022, it might be the pressure that comes with picking the perfect costume. In recent, more internet-focused, years, Halloween and its ingrained dress code have become an annual chance to prove that you’re culturally savvy, or at least have an hour to stand …
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