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Asteroid City | Review
The Lost City of Twee: Anderson Continues Quest of Counterfeit Sentiments
Somewhere along the way, over the past twenty years, Wes Anderson’s style completely...
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
Technically speaking the great American filmmaker Wes Anderson has now appeared in the Cannes competition with three titles - opening the '12 edition with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #92. Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal’s They Shot The Piano Player
They Shot The Piano Player
Producers were hopeful for a Spring delivery date but we never know with animated films. Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's...
Jurassic World Dominion | Review
This World Is Not Enough: Trevorrow Goes Through the Motions in Extinction Level Event
It’s neither the first nor the last time a toxic commingling...
One Flew Over the Butcher Shop: Altman’s Klutzy Crafting of “Beyond Therapy” (1987) | Blu-ray Review
The 1980s were a difficult period for Robert Altman, stumbling into the decade with two high profile projects, HealtH and Popeye, both poorly received....
Interview: Rick Alverson – The Mountain
The Mountain feels like a departure for Rick Alverson, whose brand of deliberately challenging and unconventional cinema is evolving beyond the scope of his...
The Mountain | Review
Who’s Wally?: Alverson Goes Retro with Punishing, Complex Period Drama
Always intent on making his audience do some of the work, American indie helmer Rick Alverson...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #55. Rick Alverson – The Mountain
There are a slew of festival preemed goodies in Her Smell, Birds of Passage, Donnybrook, High Life, Gloria Bell, Fistful of Dirt and even Errol...
Same Song Different Dinosaur in Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Blu-ray Review
While it took in over a billion dollars globally, nearly half of that at the domestic box office, J.A. Bayona’s addition to Spielberg’s dino...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Review
Thy Will Be Done: Bayona Burps a Blip in the Ongoing Dinosaur Franchise
Looking back, Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton had already marred the magic...
Special Delivery (1976) | Blu-ray Review
This forgotten oddity from the mid-1970s features Cybill Shepherd shortly out of the shadows from Peter Bogdanovich and Swedish import Bo Svenson. A bank...
Isle of Dogs | Review
A Dog’s Tale: Anderson Returns to Animation with Scruffy, Eclectic Fantasy
We’ve come to expect a certain technical formality from Wes Anderson, even across a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #1. Rick Alverson’s The Mountain
The Mountain
For his acerbic, contre-courant, alive cinema and his brand of sagacity in the back to back offerings of The Comedy (2012) and Entertainment...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #5. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
Embarking on his ninth feature film, second stop-animated project, and third straight collab with Production Designer Adam Stockhausen (2012's Moonrise Kingdom, 2014's...
Le Week-End | Review
Meant to Be Spent Alone: Michell’s Latest a Welcome Return to Quality Filmmaking
After a pair of mainstream US misfires, South African born director Roger...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #32. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer(s): Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales, Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #23. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director/Writer: Wes Anderson
Producer(s): Anderson, Steven M. Rales and Scott Rudin
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Bill Murray,...
