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This piece was originally published in April.
We are recirculating it now thatBeau Is Afraidis available on digital.
Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending ofBeau Is Afraid.
Except that the first draft ofBeau Is Afraidwas written four years before Aster made that film.
And there are a lot of dumb jokes to unpack.
The poster has a quote: The price of greatness is responsibilityWinston Churchill.
(MW = Mona Wasserman.)
Hes flying to Wasserton, where his mother, Mona Wasserman, lives.
(Wasser is German for water, as Vultures Bilge Ebiri explores inhis analysis of the films ending.)
This woman is truly inescapable.
Theres even a puzzle with Nates picture on it, just to give it that extra morbid edge.
He also stumbles on footage of himself from surveillance cameras tuned to the defunct UHF frequency Channel 78.
The caterers are packing up; the funeral is over.
(RIP the spider got him.)
The camera focuses on a photo of Beaus childhood crush Elaine, played as an adult by Parker Posey.
(Carey, delightfully,showed up to the premiere.)
