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Though it's early, 2023 is unlikely to see a widely released film as divisive as Beau Is Afraid. It has no desire to be liked, as it drags us along the journey of a troubled man desperately trying to visit his mother. Just as there are films that get labeled as crowd-pleasers, this one is built to alienate, and it does so in spectacular fashion. Over its nearly three-hour runtime, writer-director Ari Aster ensures that...

Arriving on the heels of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Ari Aster’s Oedipal odyssey signals the arrival of the maximalist prestige comedy. 

From Theatre of Blood to The Wicker Man: the British classics celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.

Not a whole lot makes sense in "Beau Is Afraid" and thats sort of the bizarre beauty of Joaquin Phoenixs dark comedy about an epic trip back home.

Interview: Beau is Afraid cast members Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, and Amy Ryan discuss Ari Aster's latest film

When Ari Aster said in a 2019 Reddit Ask Me Anything post that his next film may be a “zonky nightmare comedy,” the idea wasn’t...

Learn More Beau Is Afraids Amy Ryan On Mothering Joaquin Phoenix, Improvising On The Office, And More - Exclusive Interview Mother issues are at the heart of…

After writing and directing “Hereditary” (2018) and “Midsommar” (2019), each of which was severely disquieting in a different way, the filmmaker Ari Aster…

In Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid, Phoenix journeys from the city to suburbia, from a magical forest to a dystopian stadium, in an effort to appease his mother.