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.

Eddington's lacerating social satire about a town torn apart by pandemic paranoia takes a violent turn without losing the plot.

While recently preparing for an interview with Joaquin Phoenix during the Los Angeles press day for his new 2025 movie Eddington, I took notice of a special aspect of his filmography. His latest film is his second time working with writer/director Ari Aster,

Ari Aster drops us back into the Summer of 2020. Joaquin Phoenix plays a sheriff who plans to become mayor of the small town of Eddington to “bring things back to the way things were”. A horrifying look into a time most want to forget, and a stark ...

Costume designer Anna Terrazas tells IndieWire about the real-world influences behind her clothes for Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, and Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster's latest provocation.

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.

Eddington, the latest film from Hereditary director Ari Aster, is a dark comedy about COVID-fueled chaos in a fictional New Mexico town. The film wades into hot-button topics regarding police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, AI investment, and mask mandates, among others. Eddington is now playing in theaters.