Leading the film is Joaquin Phoenix who plays Joe Cross in Eddington. He’s the sheriff of a dying town and the kind of man who’d rather watch everything burn than admit he’s lost control. With pandemic paranoia, far-right delusions, and a god complex brewing under his dusty hat, Joe is both terrifying and tragic.

While recently preparing for an interview with Joaquin Phoenix during the Los Angeles press day for his new 2025 movie Eddington, I took notice of a special aspect of his filmography. His latest film is his second time working with writer/director Ari Aster,

Ari Aster drops us back into the Summer of 2020. Joaquin Phoenix plays a sheriff who plans to become mayor of the small town of Eddington to “bring things back to the way things were”. A horrifying look into a time most want to forget, and a stark ...

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.

A sheriff, a mayor and a virus walk into a bar in Ari Aster’s bleak and brain-sick satire that stars a dueling Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.

Eddington, the latest film from Hereditary director Ari Aster, is a dark comedy about COVID-fueled chaos in a fictional New Mexico town. The film wades into hot-button topics regarding police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, AI investment, and mask mandates, among others. Eddington is now playing in theaters.

The typically stoic Luke Grimes is the most hilarious actor in the movie.The 41-year-old Yellowstone star plays Guy, a police officer in Eddington under sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and an impromptu campaign manager once Cross decides to run for mayor.