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In Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest doom spiral, the proposed building of a data center in nowhere New Mexico provides the catalyst for a long-overdue psychological breakdown. The man in question is Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix), whose perceived list of ills includes a worryingly online mother-in-law (Deirdre O’Connell), a disinterested, catatonic wife (Emma Stone), a woke mayor (Pedro Pascal) with plans to build a state of the art data centre, and the familiar inconveniences of Covid-19. Should even reading that word cause discomfort, it’s nothing if not intended: since rewiring the horror genre with A24, Aster has been repositioning himself as cinema’s patron saint of debilitating anxiety. Hereditary is probably best-remembered for its brutal decapitation but, all these years later, one suspects the scariest thing for Aster was whether or not his protagonist, an artist with an imminent exhibition and a nervy benefactor, will make her deadline.

Ari Aster would like you to go back in time. The writer-director of Hereditary and Midsommar doesn’t need you to travel too far. Just five years. You probably remember a few of the details from May 2020: social distancing, social-media diatribes, swabs being thrust violently into nasal cavities, “I Can’t Breathe,” uprisings in the streets. It’s crazy to think all of this took place half a decade ago. It’s even crazier to ignore the creeping sensation that we’re still trapped in the moment when social stress fractures became chasms,...

Did we all go completely nuts during those unsettlingly strange first months of Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, when cities became ghost towns and people thrust into isolation started gambling with their mental health by living online and buying whatever the social media echo chamber coughed up? That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town. Essentially a modern Western marbled with a vein of dark comedy, the movie is neither suspenseful nor funny enough to work as either. Mostly, it’s a distancing slog.

After the diabolically well-crafted classic horror of Hereditary and Midsommar, gifted writer-director Aster took a turn into more personal territory with the uneven Oedipal odyssey Beau Is Afraid, a tumble down a rabbit hole of neuroses full of striking nightmarish imagery and poignant confessional moments of crippled masculinity. Ultimately, though, the...

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival continues on Day 4 with the world premieres of Eddington, directed by Ari Aster; Bono: Stories of Surrender, and Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water.

Aster’s Eddington premiered today, featuring Joaquin Phoenix as a small-town Sheriff in a New Mexico conflict with Pedro Pascal’s Mayor. The film’s ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Clifton Collins Jr., Micheal Ward, Amelie Hoeferle, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Cameron Mann, who all walked the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Friday, May 16th

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The Palais des Festivals played host this evening to the debut of Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, starring Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Michael Epp, Esmé Creed-Miles, Kim Gordon, and Jim Belushi.

Ari Aster made his Cannes Film Festival debut Friday with the world premiere of his latest psychological nightmare — this time a Western set in Covid times — on Friday. “Eddington” reunites the “Hereditary,” “Midsommar” and “Beau Is Afraid” filmmaker with the latter film’s Joaquin Phoenix. Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler also star.

Aster has become known as a master of the psychological horror genre following his breakout film “Hereditary,” an intense look at the consequences of inherited family trauma, in 2018. In “Eddington,” Phoenix plays local sheriff Joe Cross in a small town in New Mexico during the 2020 Covid pandemic. Cross comes to a head with Pedro Pascal’s Ted Garcia, the town’s mayor who leads the community into a world of chaos with his questionable decision-making. The film explores the power of fake news, the fragility of community and how conspiracy theories can lead to a rabbit...

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Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler have little to work with in this disappointing dud from the Hereditary and Midsommar director

Ari Aster now worryingly creates a losing streak with this bafflingly dull movie, a laborious and weirdly self-important satire which makes a heavy, flavourless meal of some uninteresting and unoriginal thoughts – on the Covid lockdown, online conspiracy theories, social polarisation, Black Lives Matter, liberal-white privilege and guns.

The movie looks good, courtesy of Darius Khondji’s cinematography, but has nothing new or dramatically vital to say, and moreover manages the extraordinary achievement of making Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix look like boring actors. This is by virtue of its moderate script and by the unvarying stolid pace over its hefty running time which might have suited a 12-episode streamer.

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Emma Stone is hitting the red carpet at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of her new movie!

The 36-year-old two-time Oscar winner looked gorgeous in a white dress as she arrived at the premiere of Eddington on Friday (May 16) held at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Joaquin Phoenix, Luke Grimes, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Amelie Hoeferle, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins along with director/writer Ari Aster.

Joaquin‘s longtime partner Rooney Mara also attended the premiere along with Pedro‘s sister Lux Pascal.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis from Cannes: “In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Phoenix) and mayor (Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.”

Eddington hits theaters on July 18. Watch the trailer here!

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The Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Eddington, the latest film from director Ari Aster. This star-studded ensemble cast marks Aster’s first time presenting a film at the Croisette and is one of the highly anticipated films competing for the Palme d’Or at the 78th edition of the festival.

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Ari Aster celebrated the premiere of his film at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Friday, May 16th, accompanied by its cast, Joaquin Phoenix, Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Clifton Collins Jr., Micheal Ward, Amelie Hoeferle, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Cameron Mann, all of whom walked the red carpet.

Other guests who attended the gala included Angelina Jolie, Rooney Mara, Joel Edgerton, Julia Garner, Natalie Portman, Harris Dickinson, Coralie Fargeat, Frank Dillane, Lux Pascal, Jury Members Juliette Binoche,...

Not many would willingly relive the spring of 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still in its nascent stages and we still disinfected groceries while remaining socially distant in our homes. But, for a chance to act opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, it was worth it for Matt Gomez Hidaka.

Gomez Hidaka, 27, stars in Midsommar director Ari Aster’s latest movie for A24, Eddington. The film takes place in May 2020 and is set in a small town in New Mexico where the local sheriff (Phoenix) faces off against the mayor (Pascal). The plot has been kept under wraps, but in the trailer for the film, news coverage and social media posts revisit the chaotic pandemic era, from reports tracking the virus’ spread to the rising racial reckoning and protests against police brutality that erupted in the summer. Gomez Hidaka plays the son of Pascal’s mayor.

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The first trailer for Eddington offers a chaotic first look at Ari Aster's upcoming A24 Western feature ahead of its premiere next month. The movie centers on the conflict between small-town sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and local mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) in the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico, but the first footage reveals that pressures from external factors will only intensify their personal and political standoff, including real-world issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The tagline that accompanied the trailer on social media read "Hindsight is 2020," referencing the tumultuous year that saw the onset of the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease and the widespread demonstrations protesting racial injustice and police brutality. "Of course, they keep looking at that lab in China. If you look at that lab in Wuhan," a voice narrates over the clips at the beginning of the trailer.

Ari Aster’s fourth film, Eddington, is set in May of 2020 and depicts a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) that, per distributor A24, “sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.” You wouldn’t know from its official logline that the film has any connection to the Covid-19 pandemic. Not so for the film’s first teaser, which depicts Phoenix’s character doomscrolling, as many of us did, during what appears to be lockdown.

Aster’s film, which will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month, also stars Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Amélie Hoeferle.

Eddington opens on July 18.

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Tensions rise in a small town in the teaser trailer for A24 movie Eddington from writer-director Ari Aster.

Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler star in the contemporary Western feature that premieres next month at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to releasing the trailer, A24 announced Monday that the movie is set to hit theaters nationwide July 18.

Eddington centers on conflict between the mayor (Phoenix) and sheriff (Pascal) of the small town of Eddington, New Mexico. Rounding out the cast are Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka and Amélie Hoeferle.

“If you value your life, you should think twice because the people at Eddington like guns,” Phoenix says sternly in the disorienting trailer.

At a later point, Butler says, “Your pain is not a coincidence. You are not a coincidence. We are not a coincidence.”

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Tensions are high between officials and townspeople in Eddington, New Mexico on June 2, 2020 in the teaser trailer for the black comedy western, Eddington. The Ari Aster-written and directed film, which will make its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month, arrives in theaters on July 18.

In the teaser clip, a person scrolls through their social media feed on a cell phone as a series of talking heads give snippets of their viewpoints, which appear to be focused on the pandemic and conspiracy theories. In Eddington, the weather is...

Reteaming with Joaquin Phoenix after the divisive, impressively anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature. His western Eddington, set for a world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival, has now been set for a July 18 wide release and A24 has dropped the first teaser for the film also starring Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Amélie Hoeferle.

Here’s the brief synopsis: “In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.” As one can see in the teaser, Aster is tackling the early pandemic days head-on as we see Phoenix’s character doomscrolling.

See the teaser and poster below.

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Ari Aster’s “Eddington” is already creating buzz, weeks before its Cannes premiere. Aster reunites with his “Beau Is Afraid” star Joaquin Phoenix for the secretive dark comedy. Per scarce plot details, Phoenix plays a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations, who gets into a conflict with the town mayor (Pedro Pascal). The film’s first teaser, below, situates us clearly in 2020 as Phoenix’s character doom-scrolls through images of 2020 involving Covid and Black Lives Matter protests.

Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, Cameron Mann, Matt Gomez Hidaka, and Amélie Hoeferle also star in Aster’s fourth feature. The film’s official logline reads: “In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Phoenix) and mayor (Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.”

There have also been rumors that the movie also...

When it comes to any TV show, some episodes are stronger than others. Silo season 2 certainly had a strong season, but how do the episodes hold up against each other?

This was a season set in two locations. We saw Juliette make it to Silo 17, learning that her own silo isn’t the only place on Earth, and that her people aren’t the only survivors. Meanwhile, a rebellion threatened to grow in Silo 18, as many in Mechanical believed that Juliette was alive and the air outside was safe.

There were some parts of the story that dragged, but by the end of the season, we were certainly left wanting more. Let’s rank the episodes from worst to best.

Cooper (Matt Gomez Hidaka) and Knox (Shane McRae) in Silo season 2. Image: Apple TV+. Silo season 2, episode 3

I do want to start this by saying that I don’t think there were any terrible episodes.

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Through its two-season run so far, Silo has sadly seen several main character deaths. It started with Allison Becker (Rashida Jones), who sacrificed herself to prove what she thought was the truth. Then, it was George (Ferdinand Kingsley), whose death was the precursor to Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) looking into things at the silo. Deaths continued to abound in Season 1, including Holston Becker (David Oyelowo), Ruth Jahns (Geraldine James), and Sam Marnes (Will Patton).

This didn’t slow down in Season 2 as the body count continued with Judge Mary Meadows (Tanya Moodie), Terry Cooper (Matt Gomez Hidaka), and the latest season finale death that left fans reeling.

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for the Silo season 2 finale.

Silo season 3 has just gotten some casting news, with a Game of Thrones star and a Fear Street franchise star joining the upcoming season. Serving as an adaptation of the books by author Hugh Howey, the hit Apple TV+ show premiered in 2023, following Rebecca Ferguson's Juliette as she unravels a mystery about the underground silo in which she and the last humanity reside. Ahead of the season 2 finale, it was confirmed that Silo season 3 was a go, in addition to a fourth season, which would bring the series to an end.

TheWrap now reports that both Ashley Zukerman (Fear Street) and Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones) are set to join Silo season 3 as series regulars. Zuckerman joins the show as a "young and hungry congressman" named Daniel, while Henwick will be playing Helen, a "whip smart reporter." Both characters appear during...

The Apple TV+ series Silo had fans gripped from the get-go when it premiered in May 2023. Based on the Hugh Howey novel trilogy Wool, Shift, and Dust, the sci-fi dystopian drama is about residents of an underground silo following an apocalyptic event. No one understands what happened, and they believe that the Earth above is an uninhabitable wasteland. But when engineer Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) starts to investigate, she suspects untruths, secrets, and mysteries that she is desperate to uncover.

The series returned in November 2024 for its second season, and the setting expanded to include another silo along with new characters. Season 2 ends with an epic cliffhanger that has fans relieved to know that third and fourth seasons are coming.

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Sci-fi shows create unique circumstances where one or more scientific limitations in the present world have been broken. Some of the most bingeworthy sci-fi TV shows just dive into their worlds and provide exposition about the rules of their societies and the laws of nature in their universes. Not all shows go too deep with their lore, though, and some fun and lighthearted sci-fi shows are more invested in exploring the cool consequences of the sci-fi concept instead of focusing on how the sci-fi world works and how it came to be.

But, some sci-fi shows like to spend time on why their worlds came to be and focus on the mystery element of the science fiction. Some of the best British sci-fi shows of all time are all about the mysteries of the Universe. The characters try and figure out the various anomalies that made their world the way it is,...

The next episode of Silo will drop on Apple TV+ on Friday, Dec. 6. It brings the series past its halfway point heading up to the Season 2 finale next month.

Ahead of the debut of Season 2, Episode 6, titled "Barricades," Cbr can unveil an exclusive sneak peek clip. The official logline for the episode reads, "Bernard (Tim Robbins) enacts a plan to root out Knox (Shane McRae), Shirley (Remmie Milner), and Walker (Harriet Walter). Billings (Chinaza Uche) takes a stand. Solo (Steve Zahn) saves Juliette’s (Rebecca Ferguson) life and wants something in return." A tense moment from the episode, with Bernard grilling Camille (Alexandria Riley), can be seen in the exclusive clip below.

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Silo stars Tim Robbins and Common have discussed a major death on the show, explaining the impact it will have on their respective characters. In Season 2, Episode 4, "The Harmonium," Robbin's Bernard kills Tanya Moodie's Mayor Meadows after she decides to "go out to clean," following in Sherriff Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson)'s footsteps.

Bernard feels forced to act to maintain control of the silo, which is on the brink of chaos. In an interview with Collider, Robbins discussed his character's motivation and the attendant implications of his actions. "I think he's doing it because he's trying to save the silo. No question. This is the tragedy of the character. He has to do things that he doesn't want to do. It's a pretty effed-up place [to be in]," he explained.

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Silo’s second season is well underway, and the stakes are high. After Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) was forced to go outside, the residents of her silo were in awe that she didn’t die. In fact, she walked farther than anyone else they’d ever seen, crossing over a hill, so they have no idea what happened to her. Of course, she survived and also discovered that they’re not alone. There are other silos out there. What this means for the future of the show is exciting, and fans who have read the books on which the series is based, Wool, Shift, and Dust by Hugh Howey, have an...

After serving as one of the stars of the hit series Silo, actor David Oyelowo is returning to Apple TV+ for his next project. He's the star and executive producer of Government Cheese, a new comedy series coming to the streaming platform next year.

Officially, the series will debut on Apple TV+ on April 16, 2025. The series will kick off with its first four episodes dropping simultaneously, while nenw episodes will then be released weekly on every Wednesday thereafter until the finale on May 28, 2025. While the premiere is still several months away, first look photos have been revealed by Apple TV+, revealing Oyelowo and other stars of the series in their roles. The images can be seen below.

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In Apple TV+'s Silo, where most of the world's population has perished and the rest remain in an underground silo, most newcomers aren't exactly strangers. The exception is Steve Zahn's Solo, a reclusive man living in Silo 17 who Juliette meets on her journey outside Silo 18 in Season 2. Silo hasn't yet revealed much about Solo, keeping his storyline and importance to Juliette's journey a secret. But his one and only line in the official trailer is enough to show he's not a man to be crossed: "You try to open the door again, and I'm gonna kill you."

According to Zahn, Solo is very similar to another character of his that represented vulnerability: Bad Ape from War of the Planet of the Apes. That alone speaks volumes about the type of character Solo is, but Zahn also adds originality to Solo's character that people have never seen before. Talking to Cbr,...

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In Silo Season 2, it’s all about rebellion. After Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) went outside at the end of Season 1, the residents of the silo were in shock. She refused to clean, the ritualistic act of cleaning the camera lens before walking a few steps only to perish. Instead, she held the cloth up and dropped it to the ground. She continued on, taking step after step. When she went over the hill and was out of view, residents were in disbelief. Did she survive? If so, does this mean they could survive? Has everything they have been told and seen of the post-apocalyptic world all been a lie?

As the various factions within the silo butt heads in the aftermath, there are bound to be casualties.

The more you lie to people, the more the lies unravel. That’s something Bernard needs to deal with in Silo season 2 episode 3. Meanwhile, Juliette just needs some answers.

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We see in dystopian worlds that as leaders try to hold onto power, they end up causing a rebellion to happen. Bernard knows this is the case. The problem is the world that has been set up within the silo makes it impossible for him to share the truth.

It’s clear that he knows more than he is letting on. Judge Meadows also knows more considering she was once his shadow. She wishes she could forget that—and it does make me wonder why she hasn’t taken this memory loss pill that Sims mentions in the episode. I guess while she wants to forget, there’s a lot that she wants to remember.

The third episode of Apple TV+'s sci-fi show Silo is out now, and it's a doozy. The first season ended with a huge shake-up as Sheriff Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) left the titular undergound Silo and set out into the wider world, only to discover that it was a wasteland. By necessity, season 2 has had to take a lot of time to re-establish the chess board following those events. The first episode, "The Engineer," was all about Juliette's journey into a neighboring Silo, where she found the last survivor of a rebellion that caused the deaths of thousands. The second, "Order," caught us up with everyone Juliette left behind, showing how her home Silo was turning into a powder keg as people demanded answers and the powers-that-be manipulated events to keep things calm.

In "Solo," Silo is finally able to represent all these plotlines and more onscreen in one episode.

Silo had a strong start on Apple TV+, and out of the gate, the second season is just as enthralling. The sci-fi dystopian drama is based on the Hugh Howey set of novels, Wool, Shift, and Dust. The story follows a group of survivors who live in a community underground. The 144-level silo has a hierarchy just like the current world with the top brass on the upper levels and the menial workers down below. Everyone is warned that the outside is a vast wasteland and asking to go outside results in almost immediate death. A camera pointed outdoors proves just that, leaving residents fearful and obedient.

When an engineer from the lower level named Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) starts questioning and investigating to uncover the truth, however, the result is devastating when shes forced to go outside herself. But against all odds, she survives thanks to a very specific modification to her suit.

Exclusive: Ari Aster’s new A24 film Eddington has rounded out its cast with four additions: William Belleau (Killers of the Flower Moon), Cameron Mann (Mare of Easttown), Matt Gomez Hidaka (Silo), and Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes).

The actors join a stacked ensemble led by Joaquin Phoenix, who reteams with Aster and A24 following their collaboration on surreal epic Beau Is Afraid, as previously reported. Additional cast includes Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr.

While the film’s plot is being guarded, it’s been discussed as a Western. Aster is directing from his own script and producing alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner. Production on the film kicked off earlier this month.

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