ow much do you really want to know about horrormeister Ari Aster’s preoccupations and anxieties? Consider that seriously before subjecting yourself to a bleak black comedy that’s very occasionally hilarious, though mostly just tedious. Joaquin Phoenix stars as bundle of neuroses Beau Wassermann, who’s born into this world in the movie’s opening scene, escorted by his mother’s muffled screams and staticky, ominous-sounding thundercracks. Initially, the infant isn’t crying, and presumably not breathing; his mother panics, snapping at
