Glen Powell, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Pedro Pascal co-star in Aster's upcoming fourth feature.

Few genres afford filmmakers more creativity than horror, and A24 has been at the forefront of it for the past decade.

A screening of "ME" at The Overlook Film Festival saw the animator drop an accidental bombshell at an audience Q&A; Hertzfeldt clarified via text for IndieWire.

Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr. also join the cast of the film that will kick off production this week.

Ari Aster executive produces the Zellner brothers' feature that debuted at Sundance 2024.

"That was very reductive, by the way," Aster added. "I'll rephrase that. I’ve been to Lisbon, and it doesn’t look like that."

"MaXXXine," "Janet Planet," "The Iron Claw," and more films coming from the independent studio.

"When you’re making a film like that, you’re very excited by the idea of dividing people," Aster said, "but then it comes out and it divides people, and then you realize, 'Oh, wait a minute. This is also functioning as a deterrent for people to even go see it.'"

From "Barbarian" to "Terrifier" to "Midsommar," newer fare joins horror indie staples like "Creep" and "The Strangers" on this hidden gem genre guide.

"Just going a little slower, a little quieter," Scorsese said of the over three-hour movie.

Exclusive: Watch the "Hereditary" director and "May December" filmmaker discuss Haynes' latest melodrama starring Julianne Moore, which Aster praises for its shared language with Ingmar Bergman and Harold Pinter.

Michael Cera and Julianne Nicholson co-star in the Kristoffer Borgli film, which premiered at TIFF.