In this desert setting, with characters both buffoonish and evil at once, there’s a distinctly Coen brothers slant to “Eddington.”

Ari Aster is asking for trouble with Eddington. It's the fourth feature from the 39-year-old filmmaker, who delivered two of this century's most provocative horror films with Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019) before fully embracing dark comedy with the distressing Beau Is Afraid (2023).

The man behind the visual styles of "Seven" and "Amour" worked with writer/director Ari Aster for the first time on "Eddington."