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Eddington
Joaquin Phoenix on the job in “Eddington.” A24 photos via IMDb.com So, what does dark comedy mean, exactly … ? “Eddington,” which falls under that genre on the Internet Movie Database, isn't the first movie that's left me asking the question. It's just the most recent. The film is also labeled a Contemporary Western, a concept easier to grasp. Eddington is the name of a tiny, out-of-the-way New Mexico town, grappling – as the rest of the country was when the story opens in 2020 – with the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. You can't get much more contemporary than that. Written and directed by Ari Aster, who has developed a cult following for leading audiences into scary sometimes gross places, its cast is heavy with Oscar winners and nominees. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pablo Pascal, Dierdre O'Connell, Michael Ward, Luke Grimes and Austen Butler, for openers. Phoenix plays Eddington's Sheriff Joe Cross, a sad-sack lawman who's got about as much as he can...
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