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Moviegoers have grown accustomed to expecting a lack of normalcy in Aster's movies. His first three films — “Hereditary,” ...
For south Louisiana natives Blane Aranyosi and Kaleb Naquin, taking a few risks to pursue their dreams in film is worth it.
O ne of the best things that can be said about Ari Aster is that he is a filmmaker whose work is impossible to forget. Even ...
Set in early 2020, the bleak, black comedy takes on COVID, masks, BLM, police violence, Antifa, white guilt, white grievance and the growth of toxic online influencers.
Ready for some drama? We’re about to talk politics on Deco. Don’t change the channel; it’s movie-related. Deco’s Alex Miranda ...
A New Mexico town during the 2020 COVID lockdown is the setting for Aster’s darkly comic satire. Topher Gauk-Roger contributed to this story by David Daniel.
In pandemic-era New Mexico, a sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and a mayor (Pedro Pascal) face off against one another, and their ...
Travis Hopsin of Punch Drunk Critics says the fear surrounding the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the George Floyd protests that’s depicted in Eddington is “designed to enrage us,” but the most ...
Ari Aster's COVID-era satire ignites a powder keg of controversy as Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal battle for control of a small New Mexico town.
But Ari Aster’s filmography is proof that he’s not a filmmaker who puts a lot of weight behind the concept of “appealing” — his past films have been uniformly fascinating and stacked with incredible ...
S ince the premiere of Ari Aster’s Eddington at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, the word I’ve constantly heard/seen to describe it is “divisive.” It’s a dark comedy set during the summer ...
Ari Aster's 'Eddington' is poised to be another dark comedy for the filmmaker and star Joaquin Phoenix discusses their collaborative future.