
Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid
This event occurred as part of the 23/24 Hop Film season. This is an archived view.
Laugh, cry and cringe with Joaquin Phoenix in one of the most daring works of cinematic artistry in recent years.
From Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) comes a twisted black comedy, a veritable odyssey through the Oedipal wormhole of Beau Wasserman's (Joaquin Phoenix) anxieties, memories and imagination. Nathan Lane, Parker Posey and Amy Ryan join Phoenix as a few of Beau's guides and tormentors on his arduous journey to visit his disapproving mother. Aster's film is a raucous, chaotically unexpected time at the movies, the crystallization of an idiosyncratic vision made possible through enormous resources, unfailing trust in the filmmaker's intent and a miraculously versatile cast of tragicomic performers.
D: Ari Aster, US, 2023, 2h59m
“Beau Is Afraid is abrasive and dense, but that’s to be saluted.”
David Sims, The Atlantic

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