Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)

Incorporating many elements of Wes Anderson's previous films,  Moonrise Kingdom  might be seen, even approvingly, as the director going ...

Capsule Reviews: The River (1951), Caught, Bottle Rocket, Murder By Contract

The River (Jean Renoir, 1951) Claude Renoir's literally painted-on Technicolor cinematography is a movie miracle, bringing out all the n...

The Darjeeling Limited (& Hotel Chevalier)

In his video essay for the film, critic Matt Zoller Seitz calls The Darjeeling Limited "Wes Anderson's 2001 ." It is an apt d...

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson is one of a handful of interesting, unique directors working in America today whose work is marginalized by that most useless o...

Rushmore

There's an undeniable joy to Rushmore , which seems even stranger when you consider what a bleak portrait it ultimately paints. This is ...