Ari Aster’s Adventures in Moviegoing
15 Episodes
With the indelibly disturbing nightmares HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR, Ari Aster has already established himself as one of twenty-first-century cinema’s most audacious auteurs. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, Aster sits down to discuss the unforgettable films that have shaped his life and work. Many of his choices—including Julien Duvivier’s moody noir PANIQUE, the twisted psychological shocker LADY IN A CAGE, and Lucrecia Martel’s unnerving mystery THE HEADLESS WOMAN—quiver with the same sense of dread that runs through Aster’s own work.
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22:16Episode 1Ari Aster in Conversation
Episode 1
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03:36Episode 2Ari Aster on PANIQUE
Episode 2
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Panique
Episode 3
Directed by Julien Duvivier • 1946 • France
Starring Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Paul BernardProud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcome...
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04:17Episode 4Ari Aster on HOBSON’S CHOICE
Episode 4
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1:48:11Episode 5Hobson’s Choice
Episode 5
Directed by David Lean • 1954 • United Kingdom
An unsung comic triumph from David Lean, HOBSON’S CHOICE stars the legendary Charles Laughton as the harrumphing Henry Hobson, the owner of a boot shop in late Victorian northern England. When his haughty, independent daughter Maggie (Brenda De Banz...
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04:12Episode 6Ari Aster on SANSHO THE BAILIFF
Episode 6
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2:04:26Episode 7Sansho the Bailiff
Episode 7
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi • 1954 • Japan
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi's dazzling direction, this classic Japa...
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03:21Episode 8Ari Aster on HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
Episode 8
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1:30:26Episode 9Hiroshima mon amour
Episode 9
Directed by Alain Resnais • 1959 • France, Japan
Starring Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji OkadaA cornerstone of the French New Wave, the first feature from Alain Resnais is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) engage in a ...
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04:46Episode 10Ari Aster on AUTUMN SONATA
Episode 10
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1:33:21Episode 11Autumn Sonata
Episode 11
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1978 • Sweden, West Germany
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Liv UllmannAUTUMN SONATA was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar and Ingrid, the monumental star of CASABLANCA. The grande dame, playing an icy concert pianist, is matched beat for b...
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04:47Episode 12Ari Aster on SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR
Episode 12
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1:39:00Episode 13Songs from the Second Floor
Episode 13
Directed by Roy Andersson • 2000 • Sweden
Starring Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C. W. CarlssonFollowing a twenty-five year break from feature filmmaking, Swedish existentialist Roy Andersson reintroduced his singular vision to the world with this by turns bleak and mordantly funny vision o...
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04:36Episode 14Ari Aster on BEYOND THE HILLS
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2:32:15Episode 15Beyond the Hills
Episode 15
Directed by Cristian Mungiu • 2012 • Romania
Starring Cristina Flutur, Cosmina StratanWith this arresting drama based on notorious real-life events, Cristian Mungiu mounts a complex inquiry into faith, fanaticism, and indifference. At a desolate Romanian monastery, a young novice nun, Voichita ...
