Cinema Cindy Reviews: Eddington At SALA

Cinema Cindy Reviews: Eddington At SALA

By Cynthia Biddlecomb Los Alamos “Eddington”, released July 19, is playing through today at our local movie theater. Eddington is a contemporary Western from Ari Aster dropped into the mess that was the pandemic lock-down of May and June 2020.  The movie starts off as slow local drama, and morphs into dark comedy. We stop chuckling as it becomes a serious crime story, then an over-the-top thriller with guns and explosions. The best reason for Ne…

‘Eddington’ unmasked: Another slick, sick joke on American moviegoers

Director Ari Aster ’s “Eddington,” which has inspired more heated discussion than it ticket sales, drops us unpleasantly back into an America at the peak of COVID-19 hysteria. Our putative protagonist is Joe Cross, well-intentioned but beleaguered sheriff of the small desert outpost of Eddington, New Mexico. Aster’s previous films resolve with satanic forces claiming victory over well-meaning innocents just trying to grapple coherently with temp…

'Eddington' unmasked: Another slick, sick joke on American moviegoers

Director Ari Aster ’s "Eddington," which has inspired more heated discussion than it ticket sales, drops us unpleasantly back into an America at the peak of COVID-19 hysteria.Our putative protagonist is Joe Cross, well-intentioned but beleaguered sheriff of the small desert outpost of Eddington, New Mexico.Aster's previous films resolve with satanic forces claiming victory over well-meaning innocents just trying to grapple coherently with tempta…