You might need to lie down for a bit after “Eddington.” Preferably in a dark room with no screens and no talking. “Eddington,” Ari Aster’s latest nightmare vision, is sure to divide (along which

In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic anxieties.

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.

Set against the eerie stillness of pandemic-era New Mexico, Eddington is less about the virus and more about the fever it awakens in its people.

Eddington shows a rivalry between a sheriff and a mayor, leading to violence and chaos in a small New Mexico town

Eddington hits theaters on Friday, July 18, however, if you’d rather relive the trauma of 2020 in the comfort of your own home (a very on-brand move, given the subject matter), there may be good news on the horizon.

The film takes place in May 2020 in the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico, and becomes a battleground when Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) clashes with Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) over plans to bring an artificial intelligence data center to the community.