What the corpus says about Midsommar (2019)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Midsommar (2019) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Midsommar (2019) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:48 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40)] Hereditary ↔ Midsommar · theme · Hereditary comes from Aster's ideas about childhood and parenthood, Midsommar from romantic relationships. · "hereditary is probably rooted in some of his ideas about childhood and parenthood and Midsommar is rooted in his ideas about romantic relationships"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:31:39 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Midsommar ↔ Midsommar · craft · The cold open is Chris's favorite sequence for filmmaking expertise, even as punishing as it gets. · "just in terms of filmmaking, uh, expertise, uh, would be the cold open opening sequence of Midsommar."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:47:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Doctor Sleep ↔ Midsommar · contrast · Doctor Sleep, not yet out, is the biggest contender against Midsommar for Sean's 2019 pick. · "I would say that's probably the biggest contender against Midsommar for me."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 1:17:17 · Joe Reid (0.35)] Midsommar ↔ Midsommar · verdict · The old man who gets his face bashed in wins the 'Toots and Poots' award. · "He wins the Toots and Poots Award this year."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:46:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Midsommar ↔ Us · memes · Midsommar wins best meme inspiration; Us and Joker are the Halloween costumes Amanda saw. · "Us and Joker, the 2 Halloween costumes that I saw."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:53:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Midsommar ↔ The Lighthouse · same complaint · Amanda's problems with the Lighthouse are different from her problems with Midsommar but both register as filmmaking that anticipates the discourse. · "my problems with the lighthouse are different from my problems with Midsomar."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:25:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Midsommar ↔ Get Out · voter perception · Aster won't get a directing nod again because voters see him as having done that already; Get Out was more pop. · "Get out was a lot more pop."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:11:14 · Chris Ryan (0.70)] Jonny Greenwood ↔ Midsommar · craft · Chris describes the Midsommar experience as Ari Aster playing Greenwood's strings until his eardrums explode. · "Ari Astor stuffed me in a fucking bear carcass and played Johnny Greenwood strings in my, until my eardrums explode."
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:24:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Midsommar ↔ Florence Pugh · people · Florence Pugh is named for best leading performance. · "I wrote down Florence Pugh and Midsommar."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:45:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Midsommar · fun · Sean defends the ending by asking whether anyone has been sewn inside a bear skin and lit on fire in a giant triangle; Midsommar also wins best meme inspiration and Halloween costumes. · "Have you ever been sewn inside of a bear skin and lit on fire in a giant triangle."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:11:14 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Midsommar · fun · Chris's summary: Aster stuffed him in a bear carcass and played Jonny Greenwood strings until his eardrums exploded (composer named as said). · "Ari Astor stuffed me in a fucking bear carcass and played Johnny Greenwood strings in my, until my eardrums explode."
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:31:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] Midsommar · fun · Amanda is waiting for VOD so she can fast forward through the first 25 minutes. · "I'm honestly waiting until Mitsamar comes out on DVD or DVR or whatever."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:25:13 · David Sims (0.30)] Doctor Sleep ↔ Smile · programming · Both are horror films about trauma, in the host's framing of a trend of elevated horror. · "smile is literally about trauma"
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:48:36 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40)] Parasite ↔ Get Out · theme · Parasite is smart social satire that slips easily into horror, which fits the episode's broader horror talk. · "it's smart social satire that just very easily slips into horror"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 1:31:10 · Ben Hosley (0.45)] The Lighthouse ↔ Dark Waters · theme · Golden Mops (Ben's movies-that-made-him-cry/wet): traditional pick is The Lighthouse, 'drenched in farts'; Dark Waters a dark horse. · "Dark water should also be a dark horse pick."
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:55:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Us ↔ Midsummer · theme · Us and Midsummer are prestige films that actively explore what it means to be a final girl though not pure slashers. · "I think Danny in Midsummer really, really fits the bill"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:12:11 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] 2010 ↔ Doctor Sleep · programming · The Patreon feed also covered 2010, another sequel to a Kubrick movie that avoids aping his style. · "Another example of how dare you make a sequel to a Stanley Kubrick movie."
[The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.90)] Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) ↔ Get Out · theme · Alison says it reminds her of Get Out in using white affluence to create dread, though Get Out is more visceral. · "it almost reminds me of get out, like using the trappings of white affluence to inspire this feeling of dread and discomfort"
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:24:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Jarin Blaschke ↔ The Lighthouse · craft · A24's lone nomination went to the Lighthouse cinematography, which a host puts down to voters liking showy black and white. · "Because cinema, you know, people like showy black and white. It's real, like more is more."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:24:07 · Wesley Morris (0.40)] Us ↔ Harriet · theme · Lupita's invented two-character performance was overlooked for Erivo playing a familiar enslaved figure, the lone nominated actor of color for a slavery role. · "They nominated one actor of color and is for playing a slave."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read) · lineage · Doctor Sleep uses grown-up Danny and a new generation, Abra Stone. · "Using a familiar figure from the original film in Danny, the grown up Danny"
[The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:53:33 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Resident Evil ↔ Get Out · craft · Chris cites Get Out's opening lonely-road accident as a box-checking scary space like the film's opening. · "get out very famously, more or less opens with an accident like that on a lonely road"
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:25:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] The Lighthouse ↔ Ford v Ferrari · craft · A24's lone nomination went to the Lighthouse cinematography while Ford v Ferrari missed. · "for Ford versus Ferrari to not be recognized in that category and for A24 is one nomination to be in one of the strangest movies of the year"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:12:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read) · lineage · Doctor Sleep is the sequel to Kubrick's The Shining, which is the whole sell and the whole problem. · "You're doing a sequel to The Shining."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:14:23 · David Sims (0.40)] Doctor Sleep (King's novel) ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read) · lineage · The film is an adaptation of King's Doctor Sleep, a bestseller Warner Brothers optioned. · "Warner Brothers, option the rights, put Akiva Goldsman on it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:07:27 · David Sims (0.40)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Doctor Sleep · lineage · Afterlife is eager to relive the first movie for no reason; Doctor Sleep avoids the original for as long as it can, so its return is earned. · "Ghostbusters Afterlife is a perfect example of the movie is so eager to relive the 1st movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining · 0:58:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read) · lineage · Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining. · "Dr. Sleep, the sequel to, which I feel like is actually a better movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining · 2:14:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Shining ⇒ Doctor Sleep (the host's read) · lineage · Doctor Sleep has to pay some homage to Kubrick while following a novel whose author hates the film. · "it has to thread paying some homage to Kubrick"
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Joe Reid · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · Loves performance-driven work (Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell, Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell) and likes Toy Story 4 less than Frozen 2. Defends Frozen 2's queer subtext and Wild Rose. · stances: Frozen 2 deserved nominations for its Elsa storytelling; Hauser's lack of judgment as the best acting; Gendered acting categories exist because winners matter
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Midsommar (2019); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Midsommar (2019) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.