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☆ Love or Hate Valentine’s Day?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

He leaps to her defense in a hairy situation with an agitated traveler, and then they flirt over cocktails. It’s a reminder never to trust that cute stranger, because there just might be menace behind those ocean eyes. ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ (1997) Stream it on Netflix. Hogan’s “My Best Friend’s Wedding” has a reputation as one of the great 1990s romantic comedies, but it’s far nastier than its brethren. After all, it’s less about its protagonist trying to find love than it is about her on a mission to ruin lives.

Persons: ‘ Midsommar ’, Max, Ari Aster’s, Dani, Florence Pugh, Christian, Jack Reynor, we’ve, Wes Craven’s, Rachel McAdams’s Lisa Reisert, Cillian Murphy’s Jackson Rippner, Jackson, P.J, Hogan’s, Don’t, Julia Roberts, Julianne Potter, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Julianne, Hogan, ’, Ruben Ostlund’s, Tomas, Johannes Kuhnke, Ebba, Lisa Loven Kongsli, gaslit Organizations: Paramount, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Force Locations: Valentine’s, Swedish, French

☆ With ‘Dream Scenario,’ Nicolas Cage Reclaims the Memes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Nicolas Cage is not afraid to go big. “It’s not going to be the same old, same old.”But at some point, that bigness is exactly what audiences came to predict from him. Cage could sense that shift but felt powerless to stop it: How should a star react when the public’s changing perception starts to turn like a tidal wave? Cage sent up his persona by playing a heightened version of himself in last year’s “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” but found even more to mine in “Dream Scenario,” which has its limited release next Friday. Still, once those collective dreams become nightmares, the hapless professor is helpless against the public backlash.

Persons: Nicolas Cage, “, Peggy Sue Got, Pokey, Nicolas Coppola, Luke Cage’s —, ‘ Nic Cage, ’, “ It’s, YouTube supercuts, —, Ari Aster, Kristoffer Borgli, Cage, Paul Matthews, Paul Organizations: Beverly Hills, YouTube Locations: “, Beverly

☆ 6 Podcasts for the Spooky Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There’s an adage about horror movies, often attributed to Alfred Hitchcock: What you don’t see is more frightening than what you do. This makes audio dramas excellent vehicles for the horror genre, because the absence of visual storytelling forces listeners to fill in the gaps. Starter episodes: “Omelet”Have you ever read the Wikipedia page for a horror movie you’re interested in, but too afraid to watch? You’re not alone — this one-degree-removed method of horror consumption is common, and it’s the linchpin of this fun and addictive recap podcast. Sammy Smart is a horror aficionado who watches the movies so her more fearful co-hosts, Emily Gonzalez and Henley Cox, don’t have to.

Persons: Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Fink’s enthralling, Fink, “, ”, Alice Isn’t, Jasika Nicole, “ Alice Isn’t, You’re, Sammy Smart, Emily Gonzalez, Henley Cox, Jordan, Ari Aster’s “, Nicolas Cage, — Gonzalez, Cox, Smart Organizations: Vale

☆ How Did ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Land a Mariah Carey Song? Indies Have Their Ways.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Leah Greenblatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Beau, the addled midlife wreck played by Joaquin Phoenix in “Beau Is Afraid,” isn’t just afraid, he is terrorized: harassed, beaten, stabbed and even kidnapped in a surreal black comedy that often feels less like a conventional film than a three-hour panic attack. (In the hands of high-anxiety auteur Ari Aster, of “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” fame, consider that a compliment.) Thanks to his monstrous mother, he has become a man resigned to life without love or companionship. For Aster, it turns out, there was never a second choice. There was a feeling like, ‘Look, we’ll try, but we likely won’t be able to afford it.’”

☆ The 20-Minute Scene That Took 20 Artists, Two Countries and More Than a Year to Pull Off
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Ashley Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ari Aster, the horror auteur behind “Midsommar” and “Hereditary,” has described his new film “Beau Is Afraid” as a “Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings.’”Some have said it’s more of a three-hour anxiety dream.

☆ ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Review: A Visit With Mommy Dearest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” is a supersized, fitfully amusing, self-important tale of fear and loathing. As the title announces, its protagonist, Beau Wassermann — a terminal sad-sack played by the invariably watchable Joaquin Phoenix — is anxious, well, about everything. Outwardly, “Beau Is Afraid” seems to be a departure for Aster, whose first two features center on horrific happenings and some seriously bad relationships. In “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,” Aster meticulously peels back the ostensibly ordinary surface of the world, its patina of normalcy, to reveal the annihilating malevolence beneath it. In “Beau Is Afraid,” Aster changes things up by making Beau difficult to cozy up to.

☆ (video) Booo! Șapte filme înfiorătoare pentru seara de Halloween
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-31 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

În această noapte sărbătorim cea mai înfiorătoare zi din acest an – Halloween. Dacă te numeri printre cinefili și ești în căutare de un horror bun pentru această seară, atunci să știi că am realizat un top de filme bune. # Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (Bedevilled)Regie: Jang Cheol-soGen: crimă, dramă, horrorDurată: 115 minuteNotă IMDb: 7,3Hye-won ajunge pe insula Moo-do, unde a copilărit. # Let Me InRegie: Matt ReevesGen: dramă, fantastic, horrorDurată: 116 minuteNotă IMDb: 7,1Anii ’80. Gândurile de răzbunare și frustrarea neputincioasă a protagonistului își află leac în prietenia acestuia cu o vecină de aceeași vârstă, Abby.

Persons: Ari, Ellen, Graham, Jordan, John, Kim, Jang, Quentin Tarantino Gen, Julia, Mike, Matt Reeves, Abby Locations: american, Coreea de Sud, Seul, Busa, Moo, pustie, nam, Austin, american Colorado

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