This week’s Friday Film Review looks at “The Phoenician Scheme,” Wes Anderson’s latest film filled with eccentric characters, ...

The Phoenician Scheme‘ centers on sin and redemption, the frail but fundamental hope that anyone can be saved, if they sincerely repent.

With menswear and tailoring at the heart of “The Phoenician Scheme,” the acclaimed film director unpacks his personal ...

We make something new when we shout at the screen next to a hundred other fans and throw confetti in the air: a powerful ...

There was a time, early in his career, that young filmmaker Wes Anderson’s work was labeled “quirky.” ...

By this metric alone, Celine Song’s “Materialists” is something else entirely. Song’s characters tell us bluntly what their salary is, or how much their apartment costs. Economic reality, in fact, ...

From the first frame, it’s evident that “The Phoenician Scheme” is a different kind of Wes Anderson movie. A sustained discordant chord and a muted color palette of beiges and grays introduce the ...

Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, shows that the writer-director should put more action in his films.

While we might not rank The Phoenician Scheme among Wes Anderson’s best movies, the director’s latest does include two ...

“Wes and I, we have known each other for a long time, and we have been in touch a lot over the years,” Michael Cera told me ...

Del Toro moved from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania as a teen. His breakout role was as a mumbly, small-time crook in The Usual Suspects. Now he's starring in Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme.

When Wes Anderson’s films are discussed, his distinct, meticulously rendered, symmetrical stylings are often front of mind. As such, the thematic thread that runs throughout is often overlooked.