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‘Eddington’ Review: Once Upon a Time in the Pandemic
The first and maybe only true jump scare in Ari Aster’s “Eddington” comes right at the start. A barefoot old man trudges down ...
Eddington gets the pandemic right but still isn’t a great movie
A24 is known for its prestige arthouse films, but in its early days as a distributor, it made most of its money from elevated ...
Ari Aster is just asking questions, like "How the hell do we get off this thing?"
If that sounds like a lot of controversy to pack into a single film, well, that’s Aster’s intent. If something even more ...
Ari Aster, Hollywood’s Master of Dread, Is Afraid of Everything
When Ari Aster went to his friends’ homes for childhood sleepovers, his dread would escalate as the situation became clear: ...
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COVID-set 'Eddington' takes us back to a nation at a breaking point
Writer-director Ari Aster's fiendishly funny film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal as a sheriff and mayor on ...
He’s the visual genius that auteurs like Ari Aster trust. But cinematographer Darius Khondji is chasing a feeling
He's collaborated with everyone from David Fincher to the Safdies, but the Iranian-born cinematographer, most recently of ...
‘Eddington’ is a satire about our broken brains that might re-break your brain
Hereditary” and “Midsommar” director Ari Aster takes on contemporary America in “Eddington.” Joaquin Phoenix stars as a local ...
'Eddington' director, cast members preview political Western set during COVID-19 pandemic
"Eddington," co-starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes and Micheal Ward, opens in theaters ...