‘Eddington': Joaquin Phoenix Shines in Dark Pandemic Comedy
The noir-ish comic Western 'Eddington' is, in part, about an ideological standoff between two small-town community leaders. It's set against the backdrop of the early pandemic days, when heretofore normal society found itself suddenly divided, and BLM protests swept a nation that had just been forced indoors and left to (and with, and on) their own devices.
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