Aster’s follow-up to ‘Hereditary’ is a psychedelic exploration of grief, but it does a little too much. Midsommar, Ari Aster’s follow-up to 2018 debut Hereditary, once again explores ...

Where there was dark, now there is light. “Midsommar” is set in the land of the midnight sun at a Swedish midsommar festival celebrating the summer solstice, where the sun rarely (if ever ...

use in the movie's promotional material. Aster employed a reasonably light touch in presenting it, and the results are part of what makes Midsommar such a compelling film. Updated on September 20 ...

For most of us, this concept continues to perpetuate into adulthood thanks in large part to the movie ... the glaring light of ceaseless sunshine for his already much-discussed Midsommar.

“Midsommar,” released on July 5, has received a mostly positive from response from critics, earning the film an 83% certified fresh rating on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes ...

But his strength in that movie and his new one, “Midsommar,” is the setup ... a deliberate pace and crepuscular lighting. Notably, he also sets Dani’s solitary tears and all of her feelings ...

Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital age, from sex and relationship to weed and all media (tv, games, film, the web). Previously associate editor at Kill Screen ...