Ari Aster’s (Midsommar, Hereditary) new freak fest.

Joaquin Phoenix (Beau is Afraid, Joker) and Pedro Pascal (Materialists, The Last of Us) lead a community of powerhouse performances in the newest entry in Ari Aster’s catalogue of unsettling dystopian dramas. Introducing EDDINGTON; a white-knuckle, black-comedy western set in the dusty, politically fragile New Mexico town of ‘Eddington’ during the summer of 2020.

When a sudden murder shatters the uneasy order of a community in lockdown, residents turn violently on each other in a desperate search for the truth. Sheriff Joe Cross (Phoenix) faces off against incumbent Mayor Ted Garcia (Pascal) in an election said to lead Eddington out of turmoil. Though, the electoral divide soon sparks a powder keg as neighbour becomes pitted against neighbour.

Premiering In Competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and featuring supporting superstars including Oscar-winner Emma Stone (Poor Things), Oscar-nominee Austin Butler (Elvis), Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Deidre O’Connell (The Penguin), and Michael Ward (Empire of Light), Aster employs humorous yet thought-provoking satire to capture the social horrors and political divide of the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic world.

Rating

CTC

Duration

148 MINS