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 Ari Aster's "Eddington" is a deliberately hollow provocation. It sets itself up as a statement about the chaos that unfolded in the summer of 2020, only to conclude that there's no explanation for why so much of humanity collapsed under the weight of conspiracy theories, mask debates, Black Lives Matter protests, and the rise of viral culture. Want to know how we got here? Tough luck. You'll never know. No one will. It's a challenging film that plays with contentious ideas, including third-rate topics like racial divide, without much meaningful interest to say about it... and yet, I think that's the point. Remember all that anxiety, confusion, division, and mistrust that arose when people were told to stay home from work or wear masks in the supermarket? Aster throws it all in a blender and purees it.  Director: Ari Aster Writer: Ari Aster Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Deirdre O'Connell, Emma Stone The result is a film that radically divided critics upon it...