Eddington

Directed by Ari Aster
United States
2025
147 mins

Synopsis

Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler star in Ari Aster’s (Hereditary, Midsommar) incendiary modern parable about a small town torn apart by politics. Direct from the Cannes Competition.

It’s May 2020. COVID is spreading around the world, and the town of Eddington, New Mexico, is the site of an increasingly fiery debate over the use of face masks. Entrepreneur and mayor Ted Garcia (Pascal) and the town’s sheriff Joe Cross (Phoenix) both enter the fray in opposition. When Joe decides to run in the next mayoral election himself, he sets in motion a quickly escalating series of devastating events. In examining this tiny town and its small population, Aster’s view and purpose is very much larger. With brilliant conciseness, Eddington touches on issues that so dominate American society and life – race, class, social media, technology, and guns. In what is sure to be one of the year’s most provocative and discussed films, Aster takes a long, hard look at his divided nation and sends a compelling and urgent warning signal to societies everywhere.

Flexipass Priority Booking Window: 8am-12pm Thursday, 22 May
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12pm Thursday, 22 May

In Eddington, his teasingly audacious, bracingly outside-the-box cosmic sociological Western thriller, Aster gleefully tosses any hint of liberal art-house orthodoxy to the winds.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Tickets

Thu 12 June 2025, 8:15pm
Ritz Cinemas Randwick - Cinema 1
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Sat 14 June 2025, 8:15pm
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne - Cinema 4
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Sun 15 June 2025, 3:15pm
State Theatre
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  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Ari Aster
  • Producer
    Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen
  • Cast
    Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler
  • Screenwriter
    Ari Aster
  • Cinematographer
    Darius Khondji
  • Editor
    Lucian Johnston
  • Genre
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Universal Pictures
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