Eddington, Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix
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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.
Leading the film is Joaquin Phoenix who plays Joe Cross in Eddington. He’s the sheriff of a dying town and the kind of man who’d rather watch everything burn than admit he’s lost control. With pandemic paranoia, far-right delusions, and a god complex brewing under his dusty hat, Joe is both terrifying and tragic.
Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone star together in Ari Aster's Eddington, but 2015's Irrational Man saw them team up first.
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Heredity” and “Midsommar” director Ari Aster takes on contemporary America in “Eddington,” in theaters Friday.