Eddington

Ari Aster’s Eddington gets mixed reviews at Cannes

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Ari Aster’s Eddington premiered at the Cannes Film Festival today. Unfortunately, the mixed reviews suggest it’s more of a Beau is Afraid than another Midsommar or Hereditary. The film takes place in May of 2020, and revolves around a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as … Read more

Ari Aster’s Brazenly Provocative Western Thriller

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It’s all too common today to see ambitious filmmakers turns their movies into “statements” that fit all too neatly into preset ideological boxes. But in “Eddington,” his teasingly audacious, bracingly outside-the-box cosmic sociological Western thriller, writer-director Ari Aster (“Beau Is Afraid,” “Midsommar”) gleefully tosses any hint of liberal art-house orthodoxy to the winds. The film is … Read more