From visionary writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommer) comes a modern Western and paranoid thriller set in the American Southwest during one tumultuous summer in 2020. Isolated and sheltered in place, in a global pandemic, a nation under pressure found itself sifting reality through the haze of social media and lost its collective mind.
Eddington stars Joaquin Phoenix as small-town sheriff Joe Cross, who runs for mayor when progressive incumbent Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) attempts to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data centre.
Aster’s film takes the form of a classic showdown between two opposing forces over the future of Eddington, New Mexico (population 2,345), as spiralling conspiracies and standoffs derail a citizenry pushed to the brink.
Featuring an ensemble supporting cast of townspeople grappling with a changing world, Eddington also stars Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Amélie Hoeferle, Cameron Mann, and Matt Gomez Hidaka.
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In cinemas 21 August 2025.
Australian Competitions Club
