Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone star together in Ari Aster's Eddington, but 2015's Irrational Man saw them team up first.

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,

Joaquin Phoenix couldn't figure out his Eddington character, Joe Cross, until director Ari Aster did something that inadvertently unlocked the role for him.

Ari Aster’s Eddington isn’t rooted in any actual feud or real historical events but emerged from his own lived experience during the early months of the COVID‑19 pandemic.

Ari Aster's Eddington is finally here, and it has already proven to be one of the most divisive movies of 2025 thanks to its handling of these topics.

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 ...

Welcome to your ultimate sonic guide for Eddington, Ari Aster’s neon‑tinged neo‑Western starring Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix.