![]() ![]() Hitting theaters April 21, Aster’s third film “Beau Is Afraid” star Joaquin Phoenix and is set to inject surrealist comedy into the horror auteur’s typically punishing perspective. But you can tell while watching the two indie terrors that Aster is an avid cinephile writ large: as technically inspired by the intricate set design of films such as Julien Duvivier’s “Panique” as he is artistically inspired by the boundless despair of Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Sansho the Bailiff.” It’s a fitting arc for a filmmaker who has described a lifelong love affair with the horror genre. Formerly known for his stomach-churning short “The Strange Thing About the Johnsons,” the AFI graduate became the face of A24’s burgeoning art house of horrors just as his work came to shape the so-called “elevated horror” moment of the late 2010s. 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 possession flick starring a career-best Toni Collette and the dauntless Alex Wolff and Milly Shapiro.Īster’s breakout feature debut “Hereditary” turned the writer/director into one of the hottest indie filmmakers of 2018. It’s been more than three years since Ari Aster unleashed the skull-cracking terror of “Midsommar” unto unsuspecting audiences. ![]()
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