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‘Eddington’ unbound: Ari Aster talks Westerns, wounds and the technology frontier
EDDINGTON, NEW MEXICO, JUL 15 – Ari Aster's film depicts a small town torn by pandemic policies and social unrest, with over 2,000 residents facing escalating conflict and misinformation, blending satire with Western elements.
- Ari Aster wrote and directed the contemporary Western film Eddington, set in May 2020 in a fictional New Mexico town, premiering in theaters on July 18, 2025.
- The film arose from the social and political turmoil of early COVID-19, the George Floyd murder, and polarizing national conflicts impacting the American psyche.
- Eddington stars Joaquin Phoenix as Sheriff Joe Cross, Pedro Pascal as Mayor Ted Garcia, and Emma Stone as Louise, exploring local rivalries, trauma, and community crises.
- The R-rated, 145-minute film features strong violence, political satire, themes like pandemic skepticism, Indigenous land rights, and a central conflict over a solar project.
- Eddington provokes division and reflection by holding a mirror to America’s fractures without proposing solutions, signaling Aster's ambitious cultural critique amid ongoing societal challenges.
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‘Eddington’ review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, once upon an early COVID time in the West
This is where we are, as the lawman says in “Eddington”: “We are in the center of it right now. We are in history.” This summer, in 2025, history can barely contain each new 24-hour blurt. It feels less like we’re in history and more like we’re choking on it. So we remember Shakespeare’s perfect three syllables to describe dark political machinations. “Out of joint,” Hamlet says of his country and his time. Like a dislocated shoulder. Ari Aster’…
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