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Ari Aster reflects on Beau Is Afraid’s box office debacle: 'I was pretty sad'

Ari Aster revealed that after Beau Is Afraid flopped, his father advised him to stop writing and focus on directing. Despite ...
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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ scores Marvel’s first $100M box office opening of 2025

Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the ...

‘Opus’ and ‘Death of a Unicorn’ Form an A24 Eat-the-Rich Double Feature on HBO Max

The indie distributor and studio A24 still handles plenty of movies with a small scale and a delicate release pattern, like this summer’s acclaimed Sorry, Baby, which just expanded into a few hundred ...

Ari Aster’s Dad Told Him Not to Write His Own Movies Again After ‘Beau Is Afraid’: He ‘Might’ve Been Right’

Ari Aster is known for making family dramas turned, well, horrific, but the auteur recently experienced some family drama of ...

Ari Aster Says His Dad Suggested He Stop Writing His Own Movies After ‘Beau Is Afraid’ Flopped

Aster said there are elements he would change if he could make his "nightmare comedy" with Joaquin Phoenix over again.

‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Lands At $117M+, Opening Reps Record For Franchise, Stars & Director Matt Shakman – Box Office Update

First Steps is coming in lighter than projections in its first box office weekend with $117.6 million. Still records were ...
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Ari Aster's 'Eddington' takes the tension of the pandemic to a violent end

Aster hopes audiences find solidarity in watching Eddington in a theater next to people who might have been on opposite ends of the pandemic's culture war five years ago. "If there's anything hopeful ...