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Displaying all articles tagged:
Ari Aster
coming soon
Mar. 13, 2024
Everything We Know About Ari Aster’s Next Movie,
Eddington
Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and more are saddling up for this contemporary western.
By
Jennifer Zhan
best of 2023
Dec. 7, 2023
John Waters’s Best Movies of 2023
The not-so-secret New York resident on the films you should have seen this year.
By
John Waters
movies
June 18, 2023
Parker Posey Doesn’t Know If She Can Live in New York
The actress on aging in the city, terrible boyfriends, and why she doesn’t read her press.
By
Choire Sicha
ask an expert
June 13, 2023
A Urologist Answers Every Question We Have About
Beau Is Afraid
What would be the medical consequences of not ejaculating for your entire life?
By
Nate Jones
encounter
June 13, 2023
Who’s
Afraid
of Patti LuPone?
The Broadway legend on bringing the horror to Ari Aster’s latest smothering-mother fantasy
Beau Is Afraid.
By
Rachel Handler
easter eggs
June 13, 2023
Beau Is Afraid
’s Filthiest Jokes Are Hidden in the Background
Ari Aster’s latest is stuffed with funny signs, cheeky parodies, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em references.
By
Katie Rife
endings
June 13, 2023
Let’s Talk About the Ending of
Beau Is Afraid
It would be tempting to say that
Beau Is Afraid
is the story of Beau’s journey back home, but really, there isn’t much of a journey.
By
Bilge Ebiri
needle drops
June 13, 2023
Mariah Carey Watched
Beau Is Afraid
’s ‘Always Be My Baby’ Sex Scene on Her Phone
Carey personally approved
Beau Is Afraid
’s use of “Always Be My Baby” after Ari Aster wrote a letter to her, according to producer Lars Knudsen.
By
Cat Cardenas
dick jokes and mommy issues
June 13, 2023
Have You Seen Ari Aster’s Missing 2011
Beau
Short Film?
The short film — now scrubbed from the internet — tells us a lot about early Ari Aster and the neurotic humor that shaped
Beau Is Afraid.
By
Katie Rife
movie review
June 13, 2023
The Impersonality of Ari Aster’s Most Personal Film
The
Hereditary
director, never a horror guy, has left the genre behind for
Beau Is Afraid
— so why does his new film feel less open?
By
Alison Willmore
ari aster
May 4, 2023
All About Ari Aster’s Mother
Everything the
Beau Is Afraid
director has said about his mom, because we know you want to know.
By
Rebecca Alter
upworthy
Apr. 11, 2023
Local Boy Meets His Hero, Mariah Carey
Beau is overjoyed!
By
Rebecca Alter
coming soon
Apr. 4, 2023
The Universe Is Conspiring Against Joaquin Phoenix
Director Ari Aster says it’s “Jewish
Lord of the Rings,
but he’s just going to his mom’s house.”
By
Zoe Guy
comedy halloween
Apr. 3, 2023
Celebrities: They’re Fools Like Us
Which celebs got got this Comedy Halloween?
By
Jason P. Frank
gotcha
Apr. 2, 2023
Midsommar
Stans Got Pranked With
Beau Is Afraid
for April Fools’
Director Ari Aster did a Q&A at the surprise early screening of his film.
By
Jennifer Zhan
mom can you come get us?
Jan. 8, 2023
Ari Aster’s
Disappointment Blvd.
Renamed
Beau Is Afraid
Starring Joaquin Phoenix’s younger self?
By
Zoe Guy
casting
June 21, 2021
Ari Aster Nabs Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, and Amy Ryan for
Disappointment Blvd.
Ironically,
Disappointment Blvd.
may be a happier boulevard for LuPone than
Sunset.
By
Bethy Squires
cult followings
Dec. 23, 2020
Let Ari (Grande) and Ari (Aster) Make Something Weird Together
The most depraved creative minds of our time simply must collaborate.
By
Rachel Handler
a closer look
July 4, 2019
Explaining the End of
Midsommar
Director Ari Aster and actor Jack Reynor help us make sense of the Swedish folk horror’s final moments.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
chat room
July 3, 2019
Jack Reynor Is Pretty Sure He Ate One of Ari Aster’s Pubes in
Midsommar
From rotting shrimp to sunburns to herds of wasps, the actor describes what went into making the summer’s most shocking horror film.
By
Hunter Harris
movie review
July 3, 2019
Ari Aster’s
Midsommar
Is an Ambitious, Blurry Horror Trip
The
Hereditary
director seems sure of only one thing: that he wants to make you feel as if your head is being sawed off.
By
David Edelstein
q&a
July 1, 2019
Ari Aster on
Midsommar
: ‘I Really Don’t Know What I’ve Done’
The horror director has been working nonstop for two and a half years to perfect the gruesome
Hereditary
and its cathartic follow-up. Now what?
By
Emily Yoshida
horror
June 20, 2019
Midsommar
’s Florence Pugh on the Art of Sobbing in a Corner Wearing Headphones
She had to cry — a lot — in Ari Aster’s new movie. But don’t worry, she has the
Little Women
group text to console her now.
By
Hunter Harris
trailer mix
May 14, 2019
The Trailer for
Midsommar
Promises a Terrible Summer Festival Experience
This will be a very unhappy Independence Day at the movies.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
party report
Mar. 22, 2019
Midsommar
Will Be ‘a
Wizard of Oz
for Perverts,’ Says Director Ari Aster
“It’s less overtly a horror movie, but it’s still working in that same space. It’s very macabre. But people shouldn’t go in expecting
Hereditary
.”
By
Rachel Handler
trailer mix
Mar. 5, 2019
It’s a Sun-Dappled Nightmare in the
Midsommar
Teaser
From the director of
Hereditary
.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
trailer mix
Feb. 26, 2019
A24 Teases Ari Aster’s
Hereditary
Follow-Up,
Sommar
Aster calls it “technically a horror film.”
By
Bethy Squires
close reads
June 11, 2018
Explaining the End of
Hereditary
What was going on with those decapitations?
By
Jordan Crucchiola
close reads
June 11, 2018
Let’s Talk About the Scene With the Car in
Hereditary
The story behind one of 2018’s most shocking onscreen moments.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
June 8, 2018
Toni Collette on
Hereditary,
the Wildest Movie of Her Career
“I fucking love this movie, and I hate my agent for sending it.”
By
Rachel Handler
June 8, 2018
Hereditary
Director Ari Aster Answers His ‘Upsetting’ Film’s Burning Questions
Think of it as a nightmare unfolding “from the perspective of the sacrificial lambs.”
By
Jordan Crucchiola
movie review
June 5, 2018
Toni Collette Gets the Worst Inheritance Ever in
Hereditary
Writer-director Ari Aster’s debut film is
brilliantly
horrible — cruel to the point of invasiveness.
By
David Edelstein