ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #5 – Midsommar Eddie Falvey December 30, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 – 2019 has been a great year for film. As this list has illustrated and will continue to illustrate, 2019 saw bountiful returns from budding auteurs Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Greta...
Unintentional Horror in Midsommar and The Dead Don’t Die Ben Flanagan July 16, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Something odd is happening with horror movies this summer. Chucky just ate itself with the Child’s Play reboot, which wipes out the gore but doubles down on references for the Stranger Things audience....
Midsommar and the Horrors of Anxiety Phil W. Bayles July 12, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion This article contains major spoilers for Midsommar. Ari Aster doesn’t make horror movies; he makes anxiety movies. His filmography is less concerned with things that go bump in the night than provoking...
Midsommar – Review Katy Moon July 9, 2019 Reviews If anyone was worried that burgeoning horror auteur Ari Aster was going to mellow out after his disturbing debut, you can sleep easy. Aster’s latest (which shares more than a passing resemblance to...
Hereditary – Review Stephanie Watts June 15, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 31/05/2018 as part of Sundance London 2018. The confident, lean and mean directorial horror debut from Ari Aster, Hereditary, sees a family turn in on itself in...
Hereditary – Sundance London 2018 Review Stephanie Watts May 31, 2018 Reviews The confident, lean and mean directorial horror debut from Ari Aster, Hereditary, sees a family turn in on itself in unimaginable ways. After the death of her mother, diorama artist Annie (Toni Collette) must...
