WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ARI ASTER (HEREDITARY, MIDSOMMAR, BEAU IS AFRAID)

HEREDITARY (2018) d. Ari Aster (USA)
MIDSOMMAR (2019) d. Ari Aster (USA)
BEAU IS AFRAID (2023) d. Ari Aster (USA)

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From his Sundance smash debut, Ari Aster has been a rising star in the "elevated horror" firmament, challenging audiences with features packed full of adult themes, metaphor-laden subject matter, superlative performances, and gorgeous attention to production design. Polarizing as his works might be, there's no denying that he is a filmmaker who deserves and demands our full attention and stamina. (Three-hour running times, amirite?)

MIDSOMMAR (2019) Blu-ray Review

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Midsommar (2019) d. Ari Aster (USA) (147 min) (1st viewing)

In the wake of a horrifying family tragedy, graduate student Dani (Florence Pugh) decides to follow her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) and his pals Josh (William Jackson Harper), Mark (Will Poulter), and Pelle (Villhelm Blomgren) to the latter’s hometown commune in Sweden, known as the Harga, for a elaborate midsommar festival that takes place every 90 years. The immersive celebration, steeped in centuries-old traditions, will ultimately affect each of the outsiders differently and disrupt their tenuous relationships forever.