His plan, as it turns out, is to create a massive infrastructural overhaul, which would lead to the construction of bridges, dams and tons of public works facilities all over the Mediterranean. This ...

Director Wes Anderson loves to mine the inner lives of his eclectic characters, which he does again through the lens of a very odd father/daughter tale in his latest Focus Features film, The ...

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, ...

There's an earnest thread of hope in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, despite its anti-hero being a monument of corruption. Like many of Anderson's movies (The Royal Tenenbaums, Asteroid City, ...

Well, perhaps Wes Anderson was overdue for a flop. The writer/director known for quirky visuals and charmingly self-conscious whimsy has had a long run of movies that were enchanting (“Fantastic Mr.

“They say you murdered my mother,” the young would-be nun tells the shady tycoon. “I feel the need to address this.” There’s something about the deadpan delivery and the clear-eyed manner that makes ...

Director Wes Anderson explains how he devised the numerous artful assassination attempts in The Phoenician Scheme. The goal, he says, was to make them "both brutal and visceral literally, but it ought ...

Who would've thought that the best source for action-adventure at the multiplexes in the early stages of summer would come from Wes Andersonand not the new Mission: Impossible movie that it's ...

The Phoenician Scheme wasn’t one of Wes Anderson’s best films as far as box office is concerned, but the reviews have generally been positive, and the film is comfortably Certified Fresh on Rotten ...

“They say you murdered my mother,” the young would-be nun tells the shady tycoon. “I feel the need to address this.” There’s something about the deadpan delivery and the clear-eyed manner that makes ...

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