In Ari Aster’s ambitious 2023 flop , Beau Is Afraid , the filmmaker transmuted his feverish, anxiety-choked psyche into a hellscape of constant external threats. Beau, played hapless and pitiable by Joaquin Phoenix, can’t go five minutes without dodging violent street punks, or fielding calls from his emotionally abusive mother, or narrowly escaping gunfire. All the commotion and brutality complicate an otherwise mundane task: visiting Mom for the weekend. After critical and commercial smash