Yet, for all its departures, The Phoenician Scheme is unmistakably Andersonian: Every frame is a tableau, every prop a cipher, every line of dialogue a tightrope between irony and sincerity. The ...
Filmmaker Wes Anderson is known for movies that are whimsical, artificial, jewel-box-like and, to his fans, very funny. They are also pointed critiques, whether he is spoofing 1930s decadence in ...