‘Eddington’: A Polarizing Pandemic Fever Dream

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Eddington, directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, is a darkly comic social satire set in a fictional New Mexico town during the early COVID pandemic, exploring themes of misinformation, social media influence, and societal division through exaggerated characters and bleak humor.
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