Tag: Wes Anderson
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s “Sci-Fi” Movie Is About A Collective and Resigned Sense of Doom More Than It Is 50s Americana
A palpable shift has occurred in Wes Anderson’s style and tone since the release of 2021’s The French Dispatch. One doesn’t want to use a [Read More…]
Jojo Rabbit: An Absurdist Nazi Satire in the Style of Moonrise Kingdom That Shows How Hate is Indoctrinated at a Formative Age
“You could teach me to be cruel/Like the way they torture you/Teach me to be cruel/Like the way they torture you/It’s alright, twist the knife,” [Read More…]
Six Ways You Know You’re Watching A Wes Anderson Movie
Over the years, Wes Anderson’s distinctive style has made him and his work the source of infinite study and analysis. But on this May 1, [Read More…]
A Soft Spot for Richie Tenenbaum
It probably shouldn’t be the case that one of the most likable and empathetic characters of Wes Anderson’s expansive universe is someone so callow as [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Has Always Been Secretly Appealing to Our Animal Instincts, But Ironically Less So in Isle of Dogs
The only other stop-motion animated film Wes Anderson has ever brought into the world was 2009’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book of the [Read More…]
The Color Wheel Takes the Margot/Richie Dynamic Where Wes Anderson Wouldn’t
The steady presence of Alex Ross Perry in the world of what can still vaguely be constituted as “indie film” (once associated only with Miramax-distributed [Read More…]
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected): The Jewish Royal Tenenbaums
Considering Noah Baumbach’s working relationship with Wes Anderson (the two co-wrote The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantanstic Mr. Fox together), it’s unsurprising that [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Infuses H&M With A Touch of The Darjeeling Limited
One supposes H&M has now reached that point where it doesn’t need to really advertise for the actual clothing it sells. It’s just far too [Read More…]
The Prodigious Jean-Pierre Jeunet & His Careful Pulling At Our Heartstrings in The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most meticulous filmmakers alive today. This is perhaps why he is considered prodigious rather than prolific. After all, his [Read More…]
The Blue-Eyed, Bored Spectacle That Was the 2015 Oscars
If one could sum up the 2015 Oscars in a single phrase, it would have to be: blue-eyed bores. The eerie fact that about 90% [Read More…]
