LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN! Happy holidays and seasonal greetings!  The Midsommar podcast is now live on all good podcast streaming  platforms, for FREE! Now we know what you're thinking, why cover Ari  Aster's summer solstice cult horror flick during Christmas? Apart from  procrastination and laziness, we here at 50 Flicks believe that this  film is the perfect Christmas film for people who hate Christmas films.  It features ritualistic themes of rebirth, sacrifice and indoctrination.  Astronomically speaking, it is a transformative time, and mirrors one  of the movie's central motifs of celestial (and personal) transition  between the seasons. Depictions mass family murder-sucides, which  are inevitably pushed to the fore of ones mind during this time of  year, especially during Christmas dinner (when Granny won't pass the  gravy) are invoked in the opening act, which actually takes place at  Christmas. (Check out the snow behind what Richard did and tell  me that doesn't give you festive cheer). Due to the pandemic, this  festive season will be marred by themes of isolation and alienation from  loved ones, family, and friends, this film has that too! So now that  we have convinced you, don't hesitate and stick on the three hour  Director's Cut, pour a drink, and wait for this whole nightmare to blow  over, again.(And as always: *Spoiler Alert Fools*) Merry Christmas and much love from 50 Flicks! X