When I first heard about Eddington, I wasn't sure what to think. In fact, after reading into Ari Aster’s thriller about a town becoming a powder keg at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I didn’t know if I was ready to revisit one of the most turbulent times of my entire life, and so I skipped it when it first arrived on the 2025 movie schedule. Well, I recently changed that, and my initial hesitation was warranted.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked the new A24 movie more than a lot of people (though not as much as some). I thought Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal were extraordinary as Sheriff Joe Cross and Mayor Ted Garcia, respectively, as rivals butting heads and taking shots at one another. However, there’s something that’s been bothering me since I watched Eddington about a week ago…
