Pakistan, May 18 -- Ari Aster's COVID-era Western 'Eddington', about a 2020 America quickly losing its mind to conspiracy theories, TikTok and political extremism, premiered to a mixed reception at the Cannes Film Festival.
'Eddington', starring Joaquin Phoenix as a muddled, mistake-prone sheriff who runs for mayor in a fictional New Mexico town, was among the most feverishly awaited American films at Cannes. It marks the first time in competition at the French festival for Aster, the lauded director of 'Hereditary', 'Midsommar' and 'Beau Is Afraid'.
It's also his most politically ambitious film by a long shot. 'Eddington', which A24 will release in July, plunges into the pandemic psyche of the United States, plotting a small-town feud th...