Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”

Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”

Celine Song was waiting for it. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker was in London, a few months after her sophomore feature Materialists had bowed to critical and commercial success in the U.S. — and spurred dozens of thinkpieces about its depictions of modern dating, capitalism, and gender roles (okay, and leg-lengthening surgery). She’d noticed a pattern in…

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25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked

25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked

The post-pandemic theatrical landscape has mostly been an anxiety disorder punctuated by the occasional high. But one genre has consistently drawn audiences back to the multiplex in the past few years: horror. No longer just pegged to Halloween, horror movies now dot the release calendar year-round. M3GAN 2.0 may have fizzled last month but 28…

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‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

Did we all go completely nuts during those unsettlingly strange first months of COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, when cities became ghost towns and people thrust into isolation started gambling with their mental health by living online and buying whatever the social media echo chamber coughed up? That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views…

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#Inside ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Premiere With Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix and Surprise Guest Mariah Carey: “You May Love It and You May Hate It”

#Inside ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Premiere With Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix and Surprise Guest Mariah Carey: “You May Love It and You May Hate It”

“This is my nightmare.” That’s how filmmaker Ari Aster kicked off his interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday night while standing on the red carpet ahead of the L.A. premiere of his latest film, Beau Is Afraid. It was in reference to the obligation of doing press, something he clearly does not enjoy. Same…

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#Ari Aster Will Direct Joaquin Phoenix – /Film

#Ari Aster Will Direct Joaquin Phoenix – /Film

“#Ari Aster Will Direct Joaquin Phoenix – /Film” Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix are teaming up for Disappointment Blvd., a title that’s coming from Aster’s buddies over at A24. The indie distributor pumped out Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar, so it makes sense that the director would want to stick with them. We don’t know much about the title…

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#‘Midsommar’ Director Ari Aster’s Next Movie is a Four-Hour “Nightmare Comedy”

“‘Midsommar’ Director Ari Aster’s Next Movie is a Four-Hour “Nightmare Comedy”” Hey, what’s next from Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster? A four-hour nightmare comedy, that’s what! During a recent interview, Aster teased his next project, and while he didn’t go into specifics, he stated that the movie would be  four hours long, and that it would…

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