With the first trailer set to arrive next week, A24 has shared a new poster for director Ari Aster’s (Hereditary, Midsommar) new film, the “nightmare comedy” Beau is Afraid, featuring multiple versions of Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix’s titular character Beau at various stages of his life. A decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs […]
Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid gets a first teaser poster
With Hereditary and Midsommar behind them, there’s certainly a lot of anticipation for A24 and director Ari Aster’s third collaboration, and we now have a look at the teaser poster for Beau Is Afraid, headlined by Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Previously titled Disappointment Blvd. and described by the filmmaker as a “nightmare comedy”, the film is […]
Martin Scorsese praises Midsommar’s Ari Aster: “Right from the start, I was impressed”
When it comes to modern filmmakers, it’s not too often we hear Martin Scorsese express such reverence. However, in an upcoming book for Midsommar – released to celebrate the film’s first anniversary – Scorsese opens the piece with a wonderful introduction that praises not only the film but its director Ari Aster. Scorsese writes, “A […]
A Big Year for Three Modern Horror Masters
Tom Jolliffe takes a look ahead to The Nightingale, Midsommar and The Lighthouse… There’s been some great horror films in the last five years. Three in particular for me really harked back to a classic era sensibility, owing a lot to the best era in creepy atmospheric horror. These would evoke films (among others…) like […]
Midsommar (2019) – October Horrors 2022
Midsommar, 2019. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional couple travel to Scandinavia with friends to take part in a midsummer festival which occurs every 90 years. Upon arrival however, their trip turns into something much more sinister. […]
Nicolas Cage joins Ari Aster-produced A24 comedy Dream Scenario
Following some of the best notices of his career for self-deprecating comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Nicolas Cage is set to remain in the business of making people laugh by signing on for A24’s Ari Aster produced Dream Scenario. Deadline reports that Dream Scenario will be written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, whose […]
Movie Review – Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar, 2019 Written and Directed by Ari Aster Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, and Will Poulter. SYNOPSIS: A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at […]
Ari Aster’s Disappointment Blvd. adds Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Nathan Lane, and Patti LuPone
Director Ari Aster’s next film, Disappointment Blvd., has announced four new additions to its cast in Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), Kylie Rogers (Cheaper by the Dozen), Nathan Lane (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) and Patti LuPone (Company). They will join Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) in the cast of the Midsommar and Hereditary […]
Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix team with A24 for Disappointment Blvd.
Deadline is reporting that Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster is set to team with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for his next film Disappointment Blvd., which has been picked up by A24, the studio behind Aster’s first two movies. Plot details for Disappointment Blvd. are being kept under wraps, but Deadline describes the film as “an […]
Ari Aster teases his next film will be a “four hour long nightmare comedy”
Following Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster has established himself as a rising figure in the horror genre of the film industry and while little is known about his next feature film, the director has teased some minor details. In a recent interview with UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students Program Board (via Daily Nexus), Aster once again teased his next […]
