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Tag: Wes Anderson
The French Dispatch
It has everything that we’ve come to expect from Wes Anderson—carefully crafted aesthetics, perfect color palettes, and intricate tableaux of actors.
Ten favorites from the Cannes Film Festival 2021
This year’s selection included everything from a highly anticipated rock opera to compelling documentaries to an award-winning film featuring a character who lactates motor oil.
Chicago rappers Jed Sed and Walter J. Liveharder transcend the Wes Anderson fandom of their duo O.R. They?
Hip-hop has a great way of encouraging nerdiness. By that I don’t mean nerdcore, a rap subgenre so focused on geek culture that it reeks like a Trekkie who’s stayed at C2E2 too long to shower between days. I’m talking about how accepting the hip-hop community can be of people who are singularly focused on […]
The Sea and Cake and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
A New Attitude: In Tribute to Patti LaBelle and more goings-on 5/21-5/24
Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson’s timeliest film
The director’s latest stop-motion animation touches on the subjects of authoritarian regimes and refugee crises.
Malcolm London and more of the best things to do this week in Chicago
The release of My Lady’s Choosing and more goings-on 4/2-4/5
Chicago rappers Jed Sed and Walter J. Liveharder carry a torch for Wes Anderson
Hip-hop duo O.R. They? love Wes Anderson, though not enough to ruin their brand-new mixtape, Not if I Don’t See You First.
My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
Has Darren Aronofsky’s Noah opened the floodgates for a midrashic cinema?
Further thoughts on the influence of Jewish storytelling traditions on Darren Aronofsky’s biblical epic, and on how these traditions might inspire other filmmakers
Weekly Top Five: The best of Wes Anderson
Highlights from the quirky filmography of Wes Anderson
The Face of Love, the face of Wes Anderson, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Wes Anderson checks in to The Grand Budapest Hotel
Moviegoers will check in to The Grand Budapest Hotel, but they should check out The Missing Picture.
Public housing, private prisons, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Weekly Top Five: Commercials directed by major filmmakers
TV commercials directed by major filmmakers