Ari Aster grapples with recent past in 'Eddington'
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A24 is known for its prestige arthouse films, but in its early days as a distributor, it made most of its money from elevated horror films like Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar. Over a decade in, the ambitions of A24 and Aster have expanded beyond genre film. But for both, the more recent results have been mixed.
The typically stoic Luke Grimes is the most hilarious actor in the movie.The 41-year-old Yellowstone star plays Guy, a police officer in Eddington under sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and an impromptu campaign manager once Cross decides to run for mayor.
When Ari Aster went to his friends’ homes for childhood sleepovers, his dread would escalate as the situation became clear: These people were too wholesome. They said devoted things to one another and sat down for dutiful family dinners.
Writer-director Ari Aster's fiendishly funny film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal as a sheriff and mayor on politically opposing sides in a well-off community during the summer of 2020. "'Eddington' has something to offend (or annoy) just about everybody,
Ari Aster's 'Eddington' uses COVID-19 as a jumping-off point. It's a painful, uncomfortable watch. With Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix.
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.
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Screen Rant on MSNWhy Eddington's Rotten Tomatoes Score Is So Much Lower Compared To Ari Aster's Highest MoviesEddington is Ari Aster's latest film, but why is its Rotten Tomatoes score so much lower compared to his highest movies, Hereditary and Midsommar?
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