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Ari Aster’s Dad Told Him Not to Write His Own Movies Again After ‘Beau Is Afraid’: He ‘Might’ve Been Right’

Despite the dark comedy being critically acclaimed, Aster's third feature didn't land with audiences. “When ‘Beau Is Afraid’ flopped, my dad did tell me, ‘Uh, maybe you shouldn’t write the next one,’” ...
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Ari Aster Says His Dad Suggested He Stop Writing His Own Movies After ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Flopped

Audiences looking to relive the messy, violent, paranoid emotions of mid-2020 America need look no further than Ari Aster’s “Eddington.” The COVID-era western, currently in theaters, marks Aster’s ...
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‘Eddington’: Ari Aster’s Miserabilism Gets in the Way of a Promising Social Satire

It seems the ‘Beau is Afraid’ director doesn’t know when to end things with his newest, releasing July 18 Think of any trope from today’s culture wars—it likely appears in Eddington. A lawman who ...
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Ari Aster Explains the ‘Very Strong Politics’ of Eddington

Each of Ari Aster’s films, from Hereditary and Midsommar to Beau Is Afraid and now Eddington, has been more divisive than the last. This fact surprises Aster, who never imagined that his debut, a slow ...
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Say Goodbye to Joaquin Phoenix's Most Divisive Epic Before It Leaves Streaming

Ari Aster’s strangest, boldest, and most polarizing film is on the move again. Beau Is Afraid, his three-hour odyssey featuring his first collaboration with the iconic Joaquin Phoenix, is officially ...