Ari Aster has an impressive back catalogue of films that are utterly terrifying and hugely inventive. He is beloved of cinephiles and horror geeks, thanks to the incredible Hereditary and Midsommar. While Beau Is Afraid, which starred Joaquin Phoenix, tapped into contemporary anxieties and underpinned the director’s credentials as a real talent.
His latest film, Eddington, screening in competition in Cannes and again with Phoenix in the lead role, has intermittent glimmers of Aster’s brilliance on display, but alas this meandering and frustrating film is not a return to the director’s earlier form.
