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June 14, 2025
Ari Aster and John Waters discussed not compromising at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Ari Aster tripping
April 17, 2023
Ari Aster says Joaquin Phoenix was right about him tripping acid during a Q&A for Beau Is Afraid, but a…
Joaquin Phoenix fainted
April 3, 2023
Joaquin Phoenix fainted while Patti LuPone was filming a scene in Beau Is Afraid and collapsed into the shot, Ari…
Beau Is Afraid
March 30, 2023
Beau Is Afraid, the new movie starring Joaquin Phoenix, is "like a Jewish Lord of the Rings, but he's just…
Megalopolis Woes; Mescal + Linklater; Beau Is Afraid Trailer
January 10, 2023
Things are getting interesting on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis — Paul Mescal joins Richard Linklater movie —…
Judas Black Messiah Wiliam O'Neal LaKeith Stanfield
February 19, 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah's unusual POV; Ari Aster pairs with Joaquin Phoenix for A24; Kate McKinnon won't play Elizabeth…
Ari Aster Hereditary
March 16, 2020
How Hereditary and Midsommar writer-director Ari Aster tells Moviemaker how he and his crew built miniature sets to deliver maximum…
July 23, 2019
Seamless stunt work, smartly drawn shot lists, and sun-soaked lighting fueled the morbid mountaintop sequence of writer- director Ari Aster’s…
genrefests
October 23, 2018
Our second annual list leaps from 15 to 30 of the craziest, best curated, and most moviemaker-friendly genre festivals on…
February 23, 2018
Here's team MovieMaker's annual report on the Sundance Film Festival's breakaway stars. Find out which writers, directors, and actors wowed…