Alex Rudolph's Best of 2023
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
I loved these (and so many more) films this year. Hot damn. Thank god for art.
BEAU IS AFRAID delivers a dazzling, yet shallow, psychological journey
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Three hours is a long time to sit with an unchanging, hollow, protagonist.
MovieJawn's Sound & Vision Poll: Billie Anderson's Ballot
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Welcome to MovieJawn’s first ever Sound & Vision Poll, where our writers share why they love their 10 favorite movies of all time!
How To Start Watching: Summer Horror Movies
by Matthew Crump, Staff Writer
Consider killing the time indoors with a selection of films I’ve curated to help get any burgeoning horror fan’s feet wet.
Riches to the Conjuror
How a Viewpoint Sleight-of-Hand Yields a Wealth of New Perspective on the Destruction of a Model Family
by Hunter Bush
Ari Aster's recent sophomore feature Midsommar has been a big deal in film talk circles recently, but his previous film, last year's Hereditary, is what put him on most people's radar. A film dealing with family and grief (Aster's topics of choice) through the supernatural chicanery of a witchy cult, Hereditary is most definitely when all's said and done, a Bad Moms movie. What I posit today is that there is a way to view the events depicted in the film that makes it, somehow, an Even Worse Moms movie.
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Written and directed by Ari Aster
Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor and William Jackson Harper
MPAA rating: R for sex, drugs, cults and shit
Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes
by Allison Yakulis
Hot on the heels of his incredibly impressive feature film debut Hereditary (2018), Ari Aster has returned as writer/director of the highly anticipated movie Midsommar (2019). I know it’s something a lot of my movie-loving friends have been abuzz about and, while no one said this explicitly, there was always the chance of the dreaded “sophomore slump”. I can tell you firsthand that while Midsommar might take its time unwinding on screen, nothing about it slouches. From its tense beginning moments to its final crescendo, we are treated to yet another gorgeously shot, thoroughly dramatic, unflinchingly raw piece that might be an even more satisfying watch than Aster’s first full-length foray was for moviegoers last year.
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Directed by Ari Aster (2018)
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Hey! Remember when the Hereditary trailer accidentally played before Peter Rabbit and a bunch of parents freaked and claimed their children were forever scarred?! Well, after viewing writer/director, Ari Aster’s feature film debut you may find yourself scarred too.
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