Justin Chang reviews Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” a dark political comedy set during the COVID-19 pandemic and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone.

Eddington is like all of the United States’ COVID misery and madness condensed into one locale and story, and the discomfort it produces is intentional.

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Eddington has a mayor, Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal), a popular liberal who has also worked to secure an environmentally suspect data center. Garcia and Cross have a past, one that includes Louise ...

The problem with an anarchic satire like “Eddington” is that any criticism could easily be dismissed with a “that’s the point” counterargument. And yet there is very little to be learned ...

A24 has unveiled the first full-length trailer for Eddington, its latest film from Hereditary helmer Ari Aster, which is slated to hit theaters July 18 after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival ...

Eddington is supposed to be a microcosm of what’s wrong with the US, though Aster’s diagnosis feels overly broad. The film works better when it comes to the finer details.

"Eddington," while not a comedy, presents an angry, sinister, and maybe crazy new America that it views with a deadpan tone of trepidatious glee. And the movie presents us with a fully scaled ...

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Emma Stone, left, and Ari Aster arrive at the premiere of "Eddington" on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles.

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