For his follow-up to the critically acclaimed horror hits "Hereditary" and "Midsommar," writer-director Ari Aster has come out swinging with "Beau Is Afraid," a more divisive "evil comedy," as he calls it, starring Joaquin Phoenix. The film has drawn comparisons to everything from Darren Aronofsky's "mother!" to Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York." And in fact, "mother" might be the operative word for "Beau Is Afraid," which our review calls "a Freudian hellride." The plot, per the official A24 synopsis, follows "a paranoid man [who] embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother."
The use of Phoenix -- star of "The Master" and "Inherent Vice" -- and the Supertramp song "Goodbye Stranger," which featured in "Magnolia," also brings to mind the works of Paul Thomas Anderson in the "Beau Is Afraid" trailer. However, big-name filmmakers like Aronofsky, Kaufman, and Anderson aren't the only points of reference where Aster's film is concerned.
The use of Phoenix -- star of "The Master" and "Inherent Vice" -- and the Supertramp song "Goodbye Stranger," which featured in "Magnolia," also brings to mind the works of Paul Thomas Anderson in the "Beau Is Afraid" trailer. However, big-name filmmakers like Aronofsky, Kaufman, and Anderson aren't the only points of reference where Aster's film is concerned.
- 4/24/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Second edition of the scheme will take place in Veneto in June and Amsterdam in September.
Lava Films’ Mariusz Wlodarski from Poland and Topkapi Films’ Frans van Gestel from the Netherlands are among 12 producers selected for the second edition of Ace Leadership Special, a business workshop hosted by the Ace Producers network.
The 2023 edition will take place in Italy in June and in the Netherlands in September, with online elements over the summer.
Scroll down for the 2023 selection
Ace Leadership Special aims to help producers sustain solid business foundations, improve performance and prospects for their companies and develop their personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
Lava Films’ Mariusz Wlodarski from Poland and Topkapi Films’ Frans van Gestel from the Netherlands are among 12 producers selected for the second edition of Ace Leadership Special, a business workshop hosted by the Ace Producers network.
The 2023 edition will take place in Italy in June and in the Netherlands in September, with online elements over the summer.
Scroll down for the 2023 selection
Ace Leadership Special aims to help producers sustain solid business foundations, improve performance and prospects for their companies and develop their personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
- 4/12/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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