Tag: Midsommar

  • Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’ Returns to Theaters With Director’s Cut

    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…

  • Found Footage Horror Movies Don’t Deserve the Hate

    Found Footage Horror Movies Don’t Deserve the Hate

    Though the horror genre has been better received in the last few years, thanks to smart films like Hereditary and Midsommar, and the both critical and financial success of surprising releases such as Barbarian and Smile last year, it’s still the genre that gets ripped on more than any other. It used to be so…

  • Before A24 Bought Their Movie, Talk To Me’s Directors Made A24 Jokes On Set [Exclusive]

    Before A24 Bought Their Movie, Talk To Me’s Directors Made A24 Jokes On Set [Exclusive]

    There are very few independent entertainment companies that have garnered the attention and acclaim that A24 has amassed over a relatively short amount of time. There are certainly more niche production companies like Oscilloscope Laboratories and SpectreVision that have earned a loyal following from tapeheads and hardcore genre fans, but A24 is operating on a…

  • Best Horror Movies to Watch on Shudder in July 2023

    Best Horror Movies to Watch on Shudder in July 2023

    Just because everything is now warm and sunny outside doesn’t mean that horror movies can’t find their place. Just look at Midsommar or Jaws. Both films are set in an idyllic location for summer travel, they boast bright and colorful summertime fun… with something sinister lurking just below the happy façade. This July, (between July…

  • Where to Stream ‘Beau Is Afraid’

    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…

  • Joaquin Phoenix Fainted While Filming Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster Reveals

    Joaquin Phoenix Fainted While Filming Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster Reveals

    Joaquin Phoenix is a talented performer who really commits to his roles, but apparently he went just a little too hard on the set of his most recent film: Ari Aster’s surrealist black comedy “Beau is Afraid.” At a surprise April Fool’s screening of the film in New York, which was supposed to only be a…

  • Ari Aster Teases More Projects with Joaquin Phoenix, Praises Actor’s ‘Ruthlessly Investigative’ Style

    Ari Aster Teases More Projects with Joaquin Phoenix, Praises Actor’s ‘Ruthlessly Investigative’ Style

    There are a multitude of reasons why “Beau Is Afraid” is one of the most anticipated films of the spring. Director Ari Aster delivered massive indie hits with his first two films, “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.” And the film’s ever-so-whimsical trailer has many cinephiles curious about Aster’s ability to infuse levity into his otherwise dark style.…

  • Ari Aster’s Favorite Movies: 42 Films the Director Wants You to See

    Ari Aster’s Favorite Movies: 42 Films the Director Wants You to See

    It’s been more than three years since Ari Aster unleashed the skull-cracking terror of “Midsommar” unto unsuspecting audiences. The writer/director’s sophomore outing from 2019 — a cult film starring Florence Pugh that’s best remembered for its fiery finale and lush production design — echoed and exploded the finesse of his first: a nasty and spare…

  • Everything to Know About Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix

    Everything to Know About Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix

    Acclaimed A24 horror maestro Ari Aster is back for his third feature film, “Beau Is Afraid.”Following the jaw-dropping successes of “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” writer-director Aster announced his upcoming collaboration with Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in February 2021. “Beau Is Afraid” is billed as an “intimate, decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of…

  • The 225 Best Horror Movies of All Time

    The 225 Best Horror Movies of All Time

    In this time of geekery and craft reigning supreme, film critics and academics no longer reject horror movies with the knee-jerk certainty some once did. But even now the specter of “elevated horror” (see that concept’s lambasting in Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s “Scream 5”) looms over discussions of artier explorations of dread and terror…