When the local sheriff, Joe ( Joaquin Phoenix ), decides to run against the town’s smoothie mayor, Ted ( Pedro Pascal ), it seems that maybe Aster is headed toward an allegory for the 2020 presidential election—or our two-party system more broadly.

The premiere of indie director Ari Aster's latest film, "Eddington," attracted a particularly glitzy crowd to the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Friday night, with Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman,

Making his Cannes Film Festival Competition debut, Ari Aster unveiled 'Eddington' in Cannes this evening, drawing a nearly seven-minute ovation.