Ari Aster's new film "Eddington" explores the pandemic era

It’s EDDINGTON time baby, and nobody gets to stay neutral www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/movies/eddington-review-ari-aster.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.rD_f.aVn0L1vbwcJj&smid=tw-share

EDDINGTON reminds me a bit of BODIES BODIES BODIES in that it's generally sympathetic to progressive ideals but it takes an absolutely *brutal* scalpel to the absurdities baked into identity politics. www.thebulwark.com/p/eddington-review pic.x.com/qTkTUOXjkS

EDDINGTON is set in 2020, so Covid, BLM protests, etc, are all part of the film. But it's not really *about* those things. Rather, it's about the overwhelming nature of our media intake, about the little boxes in our pockets personalizing every problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/eddington-review

Ari Aster’s Eddington is out. It’s a relentlessly brutal and funny movie about schnooks using bad information to make awful decisions. It’s also Aster taking his anxiety about everything from AI to shorts and making it into art. My profile of the auteur: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/magazine/ari-aster-eddington-film.html