Ari Aster
Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1986
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 11 (Director), 11 (Writer)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (2) | Director (11) | Writer (11)
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) - Short Film
THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE JOHNSONS is a dark satire of the domestic melodrama, which asks "What if...?" and then, for some reason, comes up with an answer. (imdb)
Beau (2011) - Short Film
A neurotic middle-aged man's trip (to visit his mother) is delayed indefinitely when his keys are mysteriously taken from his door. He is subsequently haunted by an increasingly sinister chain of upsetting events. (Although it is not made apparent in the film, it should be said that Beau once used a Ouija board.)
Basically (2014) - Short Film
A bright but acid-tongued young actress walks the viewer through the drudgeries of her privileged life in a series of clinical tableaus. (imdb)
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. (imdb)
Munchausen (2013) - Short Film
A mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far, is helpless to reverse what she set in motion, and is forced to face the unfathomable consequences of her selfishness. (imdb)
The Turtle's Head (2014) - Short Film
An aging, hilariously slimy detective (with a taste for womanizing) is distracted from the case of his career when he starts developing a mysterious medical condition. (imdb)
C'est La Vie (2016) - Short Film
In a series of clinical tableau comprising a sort of apocalyptic travelogue of the LA streets, an aggressive homeless man berates the viewer regarding the circumstances of his life and the wrongness of everything. (imdb)
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. (imdb)