World Has Gone Haywire in Ari Aster’s Eddington
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In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic anxieties.
And, it seems that despite movie critics generally loving Aster's films (he directed Midsommar ), the reviews for Eddington are less than stellar. Right now, the film holds a 67 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, which is just enough for the movie to be considered "fresh."
Ari Aster's Eddington is bound to be a divisive and controversial movie, especially when it comes to the arrival of the film's mysterious villains.
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Hereditary” and “Midsommar” director Ari Aster takes on contemporary America in “Eddington.” Joaquin Phoenix stars as a local sheriff in a fictional New Mexico town in May 2020, a time when everyone is getting a little testy.
The first and maybe only true jump scare in Ari Aster’s “Eddington” comes right at the start. A barefoot old man trudges down the center of a road running through an empty Western town. He’s ranting and incoherently raving as he climbs a craggy hill silhouetted against a twilight sky. He gazes, or maybe glares, out at the town below.
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“Not Emma Stone Anymore,” Emma Stone Surprised Everyone With Her New LookEmma Stone turned heads at the Eddington premiere in Los Angeles—and not just because of her stunning Louis Vuitton ensemble. While the Oscar-winning actress looked as radiant as ever, fans couldn’t help but notice
A sheriff, a mayor and a virus walk into a bar in Ari Aster’s bleak and brain-sick satire that stars a dueling Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.