You might recognize director Ari Aster from his groundbreaking horror films like Hereditary and Midsommar. But Aster just dropped the scariest film of his career: Eddington, a dark COVID-19 comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone, about social media-driven polarization, gun violence, and the looming tech takeover.Today on <a href="https://www.levernews.com/tag/lever-time/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lever-newsletter">Lever Time</a>, David Sirota speaks with Aster about the inspiration behind his all-too-prescient film. Did the coronavirus pandemic break our brains, leaving our communities with no commonly accepted set of facts? How do we navigate today’s AI slop-driven informational hellscape? And is it possible to avoid the twisted fate of Eddington, Aster’s fictional New Mexico town?Get ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at <a href="https://www.levernews.com/join/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lever-newsletter">levernews.com/join</a>.To leave a tip for The Lever,<a href="https://levernews.com/donate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lever-newsletter"> click here</a>. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism.

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