The Phoenician Scheme First (and second) impressions of The Phoenician Scheme After two viewings (and more on the way), here are my notes on Wes Anderson's latest—his first led by Benicio Del Toro , and, more importantly, his first to feature Michael Cera and Mia Threapleton.
Give Me Some Light Recovery Report: My first surgery and Asteroid City! I'm on drugs! Writing about Wes Anderson!
Film Reviews The French Dispatch (2021) (Part One) Wes Anderson's devoting every resource at his disposal to realizing grander visions. The results are more like museums than paintings, more like restaurants than mere meals.
Film Reviews Isle of Dogs (2018) Wes Anderson's latest is the most visually enchanting of his career. For me, it's also the most frustrating.
On Movies & Media Em-Bark on a new Wes Anderson adventure Who let the dogs out? Looks like Wes Anderson did.
On Songs & Albums Looking Elsewhere: Dec. 4, 2014 Here are a few recent distractions and discoveries from elsewhere on the web that gave me fleeting moments of relief from the storms of a Bad News Week.
Film Reviews The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Second Impressions Under the cover of night, Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) escapes from prison and finds that "The Divine Zero" (Tony Revolori) has dutifully arrived to rescue him... M. Gustave: How's our darling Agatha? Zero [pauses — then, having learned well from Gustave that important information deserves to be
