Written by Taylor Baker "Ari Aster's “Eddington” arrives as a fever dream of American paranoia, where Amazon delivery trucks become harbingers of doom and COVID masks transform into tribal markings. Set within a heightened, hyperreal version of..."… Continue reading.
Tag: Lucian Johnston
Beau is Afraid
Written by Taylor Baker "Beau Wasserman (Joaquin Phoenix) has some issues. He lives in an apartment building downtown with questionable neighbors, and crime-riddled streets just outside his building's door where a naked older man regularly stabs..."… Continue reading.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Written by Taylor Baker 50/100 The Tragedy of Macbeth marks the first film that Joel has made without his brother Ethan since their start in 1984's Blood Simple. And while it's competently presented there's something missing. That undefinable knack that … Continue reading.
Midsommar
Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 Style and story don’t cohere as rewardingly in Midsommar as in Aster’s debut, but his formal dexterity and ornate, hand-crafted aesthetics make for a visually distinctive and viscerally dreadful trip. In Hereditary, Toni Collette’s Annie carefully … Continue reading.
