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Midsommar

Midsommar

A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

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How To Hit A Grand Slam: Florence Pugh On Her Banner Roll ‘Fighting With My Family’, ‘Midsommar’, ‘Little Women’ & ‘Black Widow’

How To Hit A Grand Slam: Florence Pugh On Her Banner Roll ‘Fighting With My Family’, ‘Midsommar’, ‘Little Women’ & ‘Black Widow’

2019 will go down as the year of Florence Pugh, for in quite a short time, the Oxfordshire, UK native has blown us away with quite a range. Some have called a Florenaissance. It’s a breakout year r…

A24 Is Giving Away Three Months of Free Couples Therapy Because of ‘Midsommar’

A24 Is Giving Away Three Months of Free Couples Therapy Because of ‘Midsommar’

If taking your significant other to "Midsommar" put a dent in your relationship, A24 is offering up a solution.

'Midsommar' Director's Cut Will Be Available Digitally On Apple, But Not As An Exclusive

'Midsommar' Director's Cut Will Be Available Digitally On Apple, But Not As An Exclusive

Over the last weekend, many people were able to check out the almost-three-hour Director’s Cut of Ari Aster’s “Midsommar.” And if you’re a big fan of the original, theatrical version, it’s likely that the new cut is the preferred experience, considering the additions that the director made to his relationship drama masked as a horror …

The Extended Director’s Cut of ‘Midsommar’ Will Be Exclusively Released for Apple TV

The Extended Director’s Cut of ‘Midsommar’ Will Be Exclusively Released for Apple TV

Ari Aster‘s Midsommar is arriving on Digital and On Demand September 24 from A24, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) and DVD October 8 from Lionsgate, but there’s only one place you’ll be able to watch the extended Director’s Cut that was released in theaters this past weekend. The home video release of the […]

‘Midsommar’ Director’s Cut: A24 Announces Surprise Unrated Theatrical Release

‘Midsommar’ Director’s Cut: A24 Announces Surprise Unrated Theatrical Release

Ari Aster's latest nightmarish vision gets a fresh cut, including extended sequences and entirely new scenes.

Ari Aster on Midsommar, Cathartic Endings, the Director's Cut, and His Favorite Films

Ari Aster on Midsommar, Cathartic Endings, the Director's Cut, and His Favorite Films

Ari Aster joined us last summer for a talk at Film at Lincoln Center to discuss his previous feature, the unforgettable Hereditary, and we were delighted to ...

How 'Midsommar' Warped Sweden's Real Midsummer Festival Into Horror

How 'Midsommar' Warped Sweden's Real Midsummer Festival Into Horror

Psychedelic drugs, pubic hair pies, Maypole dancing, human sacrifices, sex, and the fact and fiction of the actual Summer Solstice.

Ari Aster on Midsommar: ‘I Really Don’t Know What I’ve Done’

Ari Aster on Midsommar: ‘I Really Don’t Know What I’ve Done’

The horror director has been working nonstop for two and a half years to perfect the gruesome Hereditary and its cathartic follow-up. Now what?

‘Midsommar’ star Florence Pugh calls horror movie a ‘beautiful nightmare’

As far as years go, Florence Pugh is having her best one yet.In just the first half of 2019, the fresh-faced actress scored a breakout part in Dwayne Johnson’s Fighting With My Family, booked…

‘Midsommar’ Set to Terrorize Florence Pugh and Moviegoers For Two Hours and 20 Minutes

A24 is releasing Ari Aster's follow-up to "Hereditary" in theaters this July.

Midsommar Will Be ‘a Wizard of Oz for Perverts,’ Says Director Ari Aster

“It’s less overtly a horror movie, but it’s still working in that same space. It’s very macabre. But people shouldn’t go in expecting Hereditary.”