Tag: Beau Is Afraid
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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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‘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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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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‘Talk to Me’ Co-Director Accidentally Sent Ari Aster a Screenshot of His Own Text: ‘It Was So Cringe’
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains spoilers for “Talk to Me.”]It’s easy to imagine Danny and Michael Philippou — rowdy Australian twins-turned-famous YouTubers-turned-Sundance breakout filmmakers — goofing up. Search the pair on Getty Images, and you’ll find photographs of them at a Comic-Con event in July, for their buzzy new horror flick “Talk to Me,”…
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Choi Min Sik, Ari Aster open Bifan 2023 as Netflix K-drama ‘D.P.’ wins Series Film Award
Torrential rain could not dampen spirits at the opening ceremony.Oldboy star Choi Min Sik and Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster helped open the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea this evening (June 29), where Netflix K-drama D.P. received the Series Film Award.Leading Korean actor Choi, who is also known for…
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Where to Stream ‘Beau Is Afraid’
From Ari Aster and A24 – the collaborative team behind modern horror favorites such as Hereditary and Midsommar – comes the surrealist black comedy horror Beau Is Afraid. The movie centers on the title character, Beau Wassermann: an anxiety-riddled, mild-mannered man who finds himself embarking upon a reality-bending odyssey to his hometown to attend his…
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Parker Posey Received an Apology from Nora Ephron After Cut ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ Scene
Parker Posey didn’t lose sleep over her “Sleepless in Seattle” role being cut from the final film.The “Beau Is Afraid” and “Party Girl” icon revealed that she was cast in the Nora Ephron film, with the writer-director later reaching out to assure Posey that her performance was not why she was cut out of the…