Cannes Film Festival, fans were left stunned when Pedro Pascal intervened to stop Joaquin Phoenix from waving to the crowd during their red carpet walk for Eddington. The moment happened as they ascended the Palais steps alongside co-stars Emma Stone and Austin Butler,

"Eddington," the new film from "Hereditary" director Ari Aster, may be the most political film at the Cannes Film Festival, but at a press conference for the movie, the cast refused to address questions regarding its controversial subject matter - dodging even the most direct inquiries,

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.