I have the amazing pleasure of covering my second straight AFI Film Festival, but I will be attending this year in person, which has got me even more excited. The slate of films is MASSIVE with tons of new movies that haven't debuted yet and a couple of others that have debuted at other festivals.... Continue Reading →
A Master At Work – The French Dispatch Review
The French Dispatch: Directed by Wes Anderson SYNOPSIS: The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. I am a major Wes Anderson fan. I have never hidden... Continue Reading →
“The French Dispatch” Review
-Allison McCulloch The quirkiness that drew me to Wes Anderson's filmmaking has grown awfully stale. When Chantal Goya's "Tu as trop menti" was featured in the film, the same song used for Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin féminin trailer, I felt that it was kind of uninspired (despite the fact that it's a great song). Some of... Continue Reading →
Searchlight Pictures and Indian Paintbrush Present: The French Dispatch
IN THEATERS OCTOBER 22, 2021 74th Festival de Cannes59th New York Film Festival Directed By WES ANDERSON Screenplay By WES ANDERSON Story By WES ANDERSON & ROMAN COPPOLA & HUGO GUINNESS & JASON SCHWARTZMAN Produced By WES ANDERSON, STEVEN RALES, JEREMY DAWSON Starring BENICIO DEL TORO, FRANCES McDORMAND, JEFFREY WRIGHT, ADRIEN BRODY, TILDA SWINTON, TIMOTHÉE... Continue Reading →