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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Friday 28 June 2019
'Midsommar' is a disturbing, enthralling trip

By LINDSEY BAHR details of why you're there
Associated Press will seem fuzzy and dubi-
"Midsommar " is a waking ous. Someone's thesis, may-
nightmare and I mean that be? But you go along with
in the best possible way. it even when things start
For over two hours you will getting weird.
be transported to a beau- You will eat strange food
tiful village in the middle and drink strange drinks.
of nowhere in a foreign You will take drugs you
land where the sun never don't want and be sub-
seems to set and everyone jected to ceremonies and
is wearing ornate flower rituals and a language you
crowns and enchantingly don't understand. You will
embroidered frocks. The witness some of the most

This image released by A24 shows Jack Reynor, right, and Florence Pugh in a scene from the hor-
ror film "Midsommar."
Associated Press

disturbing things you've extraordinary experience It's hazier and harder to
ever seen. You will not be that's equal parts befud- grasp, despite taking place
too concerned when peo- dling and enthralling. It's almost entirely in blunt day-
ple start disappearing. You only Aster's second feature light. This is an experiment
will lose the ability to rely on film following the terrifying in escalating uneasiness
your one anchor to the real family drama "Hereditary" absent any release or ca-
world. And even though and it's clear that the talent tharsis.
you will barely compre- and deranged verve he As in "Hereditary," a fam-
hend what's going on teased there was no fluke. ily tragedy sets an ominous
around you, you won't be But enter with caution: tone, but this time it hits you
able to leave or look away. "Midsommar" is not as right at the beginning be-
Writer and director Ari Aster straightforward a horror as fore you've gotten to know
is to thank, or blame, for this "Hereditary" was. anyone. q

Cardi B pleads not guilty to new

charges in strip club brawl

ed assault and various mis-
demeanor charges, includ-
ing harassment, criminal
solicitation, conspiracy and
reckless endangerment.
The rap star, whose chart-
topping hits include "I Like
It" and "Bodak Yellow," has
showcased her fashion
style at each of her court
appearances. She didn't
speak to reporters as she
entered and left the court-
house, but waved at a small
crowd of fans who shouted
her name and took video
on their cellphones.
Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B, right, waves at fans as she ar-
rives for a hearing at Queens County Criminal Court, Tuesday, The 26-year-old Cardi B,
June 25, 2019, in New York. whose real name is Belcalis
Associated Press Almanzar, and her entou-
rage argued with a bar-
By VERENA DOBNIK strip club. tender at Angels Strip Club,
NEW YORK (AP) — Gram- "Not guilty, sir, honor," said police have said. They say
my-winning rapper Cardi the rapper dressed in a dark a fight broke out in which
B was arraigned Tuesday blue and light pink pantsuit chairs, bottles and hookah
on new felony charges in with her hair tinted blue as pipes were thrown, causing
connection with a fight last she pleaded in state court minor injuries to the woman
year at a New York City to two counts of attempt- and another employee.q