Unless we count some items he produced, Ari Aster is one of the filmmakers coming to Cannes without any previous Croisette history. A standout in the horror field and psychological warfare, it was only a question of time to see him grab a spot at the fest. Following Hereditary (2018) (read ★★★★ review), Midsommar (2019) (read ★★★★ review) and Beau Is Afraid (2023), we have Eddington — which stars starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Emma Stone.
The sixth film in competition (and first of the four American filmmakers in the company of Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, and Kelly Reichardt), this is set in May of 2020, where we see a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Phoenix) and mayor (Pascal) which sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. Darius Khondji is the cinematographer here on an A24 project that will be launched later this summer.
The second projection of the day will have some cheering for the film, but for the majority of our sixteen critics we are looking at the bottom of the basement average score of 2.6
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