This high-anxiety pandemic Western wants to impress you by reproducing the chaos, disinformation, and combativeness of 2020 — but it's less satire than a star-filled documentary reenactment.

Ari Aster's "Eddington" uses COVID-19 as a jumping-off point. It's a painful, uncomfortable watch. With Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix.

Eddington, A24's latest political satire, may hit HBO Max by November 2025 after a lukewarm box office start and potential ...