Beau

Having given us two classic scary movies with Hereditary and Midsommar, film-maker Ari Aster now unfortunately beckons us down the rabbit hole for a giant and epically pointless odyssey of hipster non-horror. Running at over three hours, Beau Is Afraid is a colossal recovered memory of mock Oedipal agony which is scary, boring and sad in approximate proportions of 1 to 4 to 2. It’s a movie in which Aster has surrendered some of his own originality and distinction for an indulgent, derivative flourish that seems to…

Joaquin Phoenix Faints While Filming ‘Beau Is Afraid’, Director Recalls The Collapse Saying “I Was Very Pissed”(Photo Credit –wikimedia) Filmmaker Ari Aster pulled an April Fool’s prank on moviegoers expecting to see a screening of Midsommar but instead were treated to a screening of his newest film ‘Beau Is Afraid’ starring Joaquin Phoenix. The filmmaker and Phoenix introduced the film to the audience at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in New York. At the end of the three-hour screening, Emma Stone moderated a Q&A…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe new film from Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster has debuted.Titled Beau is Afraid, the film stars follows Joaquin Phoenix’s “paranoid” lead character as he ”embarks on an epic odyssey” to get home to his mother, who is played by Patti LuPone.Those who had bought tickets to see the director’s cut of Aster’s previous film, Midsommar, in Brooklyn, New York were surprised to…

The Legend of Vox Machina has been so successful that it was no surprise when Prime Video announced a third season of Critical Role’s animated fantasy was in development—or when the streamer confirmed that the beloved TTRPG’s second campaign, The Mighty Nein, is now getting an adaptation of its own.Whereas audiences were introduced to the heroes of Vox Machina some time after their adventures had started, the Mighty Nein campaign grew in real time with Critical Role’s audience. Set 20 years after the events of the Vox…

Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan may be so last year following their summer break up, but fans still apparently can't get the coupling out of their head as Harvey moves on with a new beau. As the model, entrepreneur and daughter of Steve Harvey went public with Snowfall actor Damson Idris recently, lots of people couldn’t help but loop Jordan-related thoughts into their conversation about the whole thing. As Harvey celebrated her 26th birthday this week out on the town with Damson Idris, the model wasn’t shy about…

Image: Marvel StudiosDon Cheadle discusses how Armor Wars will dig deep into War Machine. Matt Reeves says the Penguin show will tie into his plans for The Batman sequel. Plus, Gates McFadden teases kicking ass in Star Trek: Picard, and there’s a new poster for The Flash’s final season. Spoilers get!Black Panther 3Speaking with Variety, Letitia Wright stated the Black Panther cast needs time to “regroup” and “get back into the lab” before a third film can happen. I think it’s already in the works. You know, we just had a…

A24 and horror darling Ari Aster has more than earned his ability to drum up hype at the mere mention of his name; the filmmaker first made his mark with the universally acclaimed Hereditary before following up with the delightfully terrifying Midsommar a year later. Now, appropriately equipped with his most fearsome weapon yet in the form of Joaquin Phoenix, Aster will soon be emerging from the shadows with Beau Is Afraid, a surrealist horror-comedy that, if this brand-new trailer is anything to go by, can stake a claim…

Millie Bobby Brown rang in the new year with her boyfriend Jake Bongiovi. Enola Holmes star recently shared a PDA-filled montage video. The video feature some of Millie’s sweet moments with Jake. Millie captioned the video, “I swear I’ve never loved u more.” Previously, the Stranger Things actress shared a series of photos from 2022, including the pair kissing in a photo booth, embracing in a car and enjoying a snowy adventure together on New Year’s Day. Millie also included fun snaps with her friends and animals.…

Indie film distributor A24 has been quite tight-lipped about Ari Aster’s latest project Beau is Afraid starring Joaquin Phoenix, with minuscule details about the film being drip-fed for the last year and a half.  In that time the film has seen its name changed from Disappointment Blvd, we know that the film will tell the story of a successful entrepreneur across multiple decades of his life, and not much else.  This is changing rapidly – just last month we got a poster for the film featuring a de-aged Joaquin Phoenix,…

This week is the last week you will be able to order comics in print from Peow Studio. The beloved European micro-press closes its physical doors at the end of the year. If you can read this, there isn’t much time. Their digital shop isn’t going anywhere. But Peow were printmakers first and these books are all beautifully produced and bound. So now is all the time you have to grip this essential ink. The Sci Fi You’ve Heard About Linnea Sterte Freddy Carrasco Stages of Rot by Linnea Sterte. Absolutely jaw-dropping…