Ari Aster's COVID-Era Western 'Eddington' Gets Mixed Reception at Cannes Premiere

At this year's Cannes, bleak is the new black and miserable endings are très chic

On the Croisette, Ari Aster's "Eddington" with Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal and a strong directing debut by "Babygirl" star Harris Dickinson grab attention.

Selected in competition for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival, Ari Aster brings with Eddington, a crunchy satire from Trompian America in times of pandemic. Two years after Beau is Afrid, the one to whom we owe Hereditary and Midsommar once again leads Joaquin Phoenix.

Joaquin Phoenix stars in COVID-era thriller set in 'sick' America

Joaquin Phoenix stars in the darkly satirical "Eddington" which premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday, a biting take on America's culture wars set in a small New Mexico town. The film by fast-rising American director Ari Aster is an unsettling but often amusing western-style thriller set amid America's…

On Saturday, during the press conference in Cannes, director Ari Aster was joined by Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Michael Ward, and Luke Grimes, a day after the premiere of his new film, Eddington.

In competition for the Golden Palm, "Eddington" features a town in New Mexico plunged into chaos during the Covid Pandemic. American film prodigy, director Ari Aster tries to satire, but lacks a cruel shade. Joaquin Phoenix, stunning as sheriff redneck, saves from total disappointment one of the most expected films of the competition. - "Eddington" in Cannes 2025: a wet firecracker despite a Joaquin Phoenix of the great evenings (Culture, media …

Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Sharply Divides Cannes: Star Pedro Pascal Defends a Western About ‘Our Worst Fears’ Amid Lockdown

Cannes: Aster's latest A24 outing is easily the festival's most divisive movie so far, though his cast had thoughts at Saturday's press conference that could soothe the bewildered, and in some cases, pissed-off.