After watching Wes Anderson’s newest feature film offering, The Phoenician Scheme (my review), I was energized by seeing him try to inject some specific genre energy into his usual film formula.

Photographer Ava Williams’s TikTok video of an Anderson-style train ride unleashed a new cinematic subgenre on the platform. “You better not be acting like you’re in a Wes Anderson film when I get ...

"There's a guy with a meat cleaver, and an old record player. One's carrying a falcon. There are twins in matching track suits. Hey, look at that! Why, that's Danny Glover!" Jay Pharoah plays Glover, ...

The Phoenician Scheme returns Wes Anderson to the straightforward pleasures of the caper movie. He talks about writing the film for its star, Benicio del Toro, his fascination with charismatic, ...

Early on in “Bottle Rocket” (1996), Wes Anderson’s first feature, Luke and Owen Wilson are robbing a house. Luke Wilson sees a set of toy soldiers. He stops to straighten one of them. Consider that ...

When Wes Anderson began prepping his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, back in 2023, fans of the beloved auteur got a pleasant surprise: Michael Cera would work ...

With just a few days between us and the newest Wes Andersen movie, Moonrise Kingdom, we’re itching for a fresh dose of the director’s signature dry humor and cinematography. Set to Judy Is a Punk by ...

Auteurs can often be divisive figures in filmmaking. But while anyone can argue about the controversial violence of Quentin Tarantino, the confounding narratives of Christopher Nolan, or the ...

Most people probably don’t remember this, but from 1992-2002, the MTV Movie Awards gave out an honor for Best New Filmmaker. For a show whose awards ranged from Best Kiss to Best Fight, this ...