Tag: Ari Aster
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Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’ Returns to Theaters With Director’s Cut
In the October, “Thrills and Chills” film series by A24, the titans of modern indie horror are partnering up with AMC Theaters to bring a handful of horror movies back to the big screen every Wednesday in October 2023. This is great news not just for the overall horror genre fanbase but particularly for Ari…
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‘Hereditary’s Most Shocking Death Is Eerily Similar to a Real-Life Case
Ari Aster has a pretty impressive filmography under his belt, with a lot of them having a psychological aspect that creeps into you slowly. Beau Is Afraid, which stars Joaquin Phoenix, is his latest work to be released on screen. However, one of his notable works to date is Hereditary (2018). This movie was a…
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‘Dream Scenario’ Review: In a Career of More Than 100 Credits, This Nightmare Ranks Among Nicolas Cage’s Best
Just when you thought Nicolas Cage’s filmography couldn’t get any weirder, along comes Kristoffer Borgli’s “Dream Scenario” to mess with your head.Cage plays a character you probably wouldn’t notice in real life: Paul Matthews. Schlubby, balding, in rumpled pants and brown leather loafers, he’s a tenured professor at a university you’ve never heard of, droning…
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review – Ewan McGregor’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.To get it out of the way, there is an inescapable element of writer-director Niclas Larsson’s debut feature Mother, Couch that feels increasingly similar to Beau is…
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Olivia Rodrigo Was ‘So Scared’ Watching ‘Beau Is Afraid’ She ‘Had to Walk Out of the Theater’: ‘It Felt Like a Bad Acid Trip’
Count Olivia Rodrigo as one of the many moviegoers disturbed by Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid,” which A24 released in theaters earlier this year. Speaking to fellow musician Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Magazine ahead of the release of her sophomore album “Guts,” Rodrigo admitted she had to walk out of “Beau Is Afraid” because it…
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The True Story Behind ‘Hereditary’s Occult Themes
Ari Aster’s 2018 Hereditary is a powerful and affecting horror movie with a solid, albeit terrifying foundation in supernatural realism, demonology, and the occult. In this film, Aster uses horror tropes as a tool to examine fears about motherhood, mental health, and the impact of grief. Many horror movies have drawn on real-life cases to…
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Nicolas Cage A24 Film ‘Dream Scenario’ to Open Zurich Film Festival – Global Bulletin
FestivalThe European premiere of Kristoffer Borgli‘s satire “Dream Scenario,” starring Nicolas Cage, will open the 19th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 8).The film follows a hapless family man Paul Matthews (Cage) as he finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances…
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘After Hours’ Paved the Anxious, Paranoid Road for the Safdies and ‘Beau Is Afraid’
Forget “Annie Hall” or “Sex and the City.” For a certain generation of audiences, Martin Scorsese’s 1985 “After Hours” made you want to move to New York City.“It’s like, wow, that place is so exciting and you never know what’s around the next corner and who I’m going to bump into and how I’m almost…
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‘Blue Beetle’: Director Angel Manuel Soto Talks ‘Injustice’ Influence, ‘Power Rangers’ & Ari Aster [Interview]
Angel Manuel Soto is a filmmaker who directs to capture specific, authentic experiences, especially if they relate to his heritage. Born in Puerto Rico, many of Soto’s earliest short films – including several non-narrative works such as “The Second Line: A Parade Against Violence” – as well as his feature directorial debut, “La Granja,” contrast…
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‘Talk to Me’ Is the ‘Best, Most Intense Horror Movie I’ve Enjoyed in Years,’ Raves Peter Jackson: ‘Relentlessly Scary and Disturbing’
Add Peter Jackson to the list of high profile directors who adore “Talk to Me,” the new A24 horror movie from sibling filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou that’s become a word-of-mouth box office sensation this summer. The “Lord of the Rings” Oscar winner issued a statement through Ahi, one of the film’s distributors across Aotearoa…