Ari Aster

Exclaim!'s 20 Best Films of 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023

Without a doubt, the cinematic highlight of the year was Barbenheimer. Sure, it's a silly internet portmanteau, but what it produced should...

Ari Aster Wants to Work with Colin Stetson Again

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2023

Montreal-based composer/saxman Colin Stetson may have yet another score gig waiting for him after Hereditary director Ari Aster revealed th...

Ari Aster Isn't Surprised by the Mixed Response to 'Beau Is Afraid': "I'm Not Going to Compromise"

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2023

When Ari Aster was working on his first two features, 2018's Hereditary and 2019's Midsommar, something even bigger was brewing. In fact, h...

'Beau Is Afraid' Is Nearly as Fucked Up as Reality

Directed by Ari Aster

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2023

When I saw 2019's Midsommar in the theatre, someone down the aisle from me spent much of the movie scream-whispering at her seatmate, repea...

Here's Your First Look at Ari Aster's New "Nightmare Comedy" 'Beau Is Afraid'

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2023

The first trailer has arrived for Beau Is Afraid, director Ari Aster's new film for A24 which he previously called a "nightmare comedy." S...

A24 Is Selling 'Hereditary' Gingerbread Treehouse Kits for the Holidays

PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2022

If you were a tad perplexed by the closing scene of Ari Aster's Hereditary, you weren't alone. Now, A24 is paying tribute to its weirdest t...

Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix's New A24 Movie Will Shoot in Montreal

PUBLISHED May 13, 2021

Following the one-two punch of Hereditary and Midsommar, filmmaker Ari Aster's next project is called Disappointment Blvd. We already learn...

Florence Pugh Shares Emotional Story About That Crying Scene in 'Midsommar'

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2021

It's been almost two years since the release of Ari Aster's A24 horror Midsommar, but Florence Pugh is still feeling some intense effects f...