Martin Scorsese will support 'Beau Is Afraid' by hosting a post-screening Q&A on Monday

Martin Scorsese is a big Ari Aster fan. He’s already praised his first two films, “Hereditary” and “Midsommar,”

but now he’s back for more, supporting Aster’s latest film “Beau is Afraid”.

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Scorsese will be joining Aster in conversation on Monday night after a screening of ‘Beau’ in NYC.

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This is clearly a show of support for the $35 million as it definitely has an uphill battle ahead of it at the box-office.

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At the 2019 New York Film Festival, Scorsese praised Aster’s “Hereditary” and its ability to create what he saw as a family-driven narrative that doubled as horror and drama,

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"It's horror, but it's more than that," Scorsese said of Aster's feature-length debut. "For me, when you take the horror out,

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They shock you into an awakening of the real pain of these people."

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and it digs into feelings that are as real and deeply uncomfortable as those shared between the characters in the first picture.

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