Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Speaking of divisive movies, one of 2023’s most polarizing movies came from a pair of critical darlings: director and writer Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary) and star Joaquin Phoenix. Audiences didn’t know what to make of this tale of a man on a very surreal journey—it was a box-office flop—but no less an authority on boundary-pushing than John Waters named it his top movie of the year. Watch on Kanopy.
