Ari Aster has swapped his usual ritualized horror for full-blown societal dissection in Eddington, a black-comedy thriller that glues Western grit to modern media paranoia. Think dusty New Mexico, sheriff’s badges, mask wars, data centers, cults, conspiracy memes—and Joaquin Phoenix clutching his asthma inhaler like it’s a six-shooter. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a standoff between […]