When Ari Aster went to his friends’ homes for childhood sleepovers, his dread would escalate as the situation became clear: ...

In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic ...

What do we make of Ari Aster? Is he one of the most compelling filmmakers of our era? Or, as his detractors cry out on social media, a one-trick pony who got hot at the right time? (An interesting ...

When Ari Aster made his feature film debut in 2018 with the chilling Sundance horror hit “Hereditary,” it seemed to herald a ...

Hereditary” and “Midsommar” director Ari Aster takes on contemporary America in “Eddington.” Joaquin Phoenix stars as a local ...

Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal face off in "Eddington." Credit: A24 Comedy is tragedy plus time. There may be a day when ...

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Past a petrified mastodon skull and display cases of glittering gypsum and halite, Ari Aster is gesturing to a room where, conjuring a bit of movie magic, he made Joaquin ...

A sheriff, a mayor and a virus walk into a bar in Ari Aster’s bleak and brain-sick satire that stars a dueling Joaquin ...

Ari Aster's “Eddington,” appropriately enough, has been divisive. Since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, ...

The latest release from the man who made Hereditary and Midsommar is an exploration of a society tearing itself apart ...