★ 7.3
2018
USA
127 min
Hereditary
“Every family tree hides a secret.”
Directed by Ari Aster
After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by increasingly disturbing occurrences tied to their ancestry.
Starring
Toni ColletteAlex WolffGabriel ByrneMilly ShapiroAnn DowdMallory BechtelBrock McKinneyJake Brown
Cinematography — Pawel Pogorzelski
Music — Colin Stetson
Screenplay — Ari Aster
Visuals
Deep Dive
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The Poetics of Space
A thematic echo of this film — read alongside it, not adapted from it.
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