'Eddington' Review: Ari Aster Reunites With Joaquin Phoenix – and Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal – in Risqué Fantasia on National Themes

When making his bid for the highest office in the land, the sharp political philosopher and crummy political candidate John Edwards famously described "two Americas." Fittingly, when making his Film About America – and with it, his bid for auteur ascendance – Ari Aster has gone and done two "Eddingtons." Soon to launch one thousand polemics from this year's Cannes Film Festival, Aster's Risqué Fantasia on National Themes begins as a surprisingly genteel send-up of pandemic-era fever-dreams before finding more audacious (and satisfying) footing by letting loose to fully embody . . .