🎬 What Is Eddington (2025) About? Director Ari Aster returns with Eddington , a bold and unsettling film set in the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico , during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic . Premiering at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival , Eddington fuses elements of a modern Western with Aster’s signature surrealism and psychological tension. Set in May 2020 , the film explores a growing conflict between Sheriff Joe Cross (played by Joaquin Phoenix ) and Mayor Ted Garcia ( Pedro Pascal ). As their standoff escalates, it fractures the already fragile social fabric of the town, revealing the fear, mistrust, and conspiracies bubbling beneath the surface. ⭐ A Star-Studded Cast Eddington boasts a stellar ensemble that heightens its dramatic weight: Joaquin Phoenix as Sheriff Joe Cross Pedro Pascal as Mayor Ted Garcia Emma Stone as Louise Cross, Joe's estranged wife Austin Butler as Vernon Jefferson Peak, a magnetic conspiracy theorist Luke...