Beau Is Afraid (2023) ****

Ari Aster's Odyssey Or: How I Learned To Keep Worrying And Love My Mom (aka Anxiety: The Movie)

While I enjoyed Hereditary (2018) (review) and Midsommar (2019) (review), I love seeing Aster move out of straight horror territory and make something this weird and self-indulgent. Beau Is Afraid (2023) is one giant, surreal guilt trip, recommended for fans of Darren Aronofsky, Ingmar Bergman, Luis Buñuel, the Coen Brothers, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Charlie Kaufman, David Lynch, and the Safdie Brothers.

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