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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWes Anderson has made it clear that the misconduct allegations against Bill Muray won’t affect their working relationship.In 2022, Searchlight Pictures paused production on Aziz Ansari’s directorial film debut, Being Mortal, due to a complaint allegedly made about “inappropriate behaviour” on set by Murray.At the time, a letter, obtained by Vanity Fair, was sent to the cast and crew,…

Wes Anderson’s work, especially recently, has become more akin to a spectacle than a complete story, and Asteroid City is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of just how much emphasis on style Anderson can get away with. With deadpan deliveries across the board, a palette that switches between vivid desert hues and stark black and white, and a host narrating the play-within-a-play framework, Asteroid City is an overwrought and overwritten exercise in self-aggrandized creative control. I suspect this will be a divisive film,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWes Anderson refuses to watch any TikTok impersonators, the Asteroid City director has revealed.In recent months, Anderson’s distinct creative style has become a viral “challenge” on the social media platform as users create content inspired by the Grand Budapest Hotel filmmaker.These Anderson-esque elements include symmetrical compositions, people staring directly into the camera,…

Image via Focus Features From the looks of his burgeoning slate of upcoming projects, Wes Anderson is one hell of a busy guy. According to reports, the director of The Grand Budapest Hotel, known for his quirky, visually and narratively distinctive films that often feature ensemble casts, has already begun assembling his next lineup of stars, including Jeff Goldblum (Thor: Ragnarok), Benicio del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War), and Michael Cera (LEGO Batman Movie) for his upcoming 13th…

Bryan Cranston Compares ‘Asteroid City’ Director Wes Anderson To ‘A Conductor Of An Orchestra (Photo Credit – Wikimedia) Bryan Cranston has likened featuring in a Wes Anderson film to being a musician in an orchestra. The 67-year-old actor features in the all-star ensemble cast of Anderson’s new movie ‘Asteroid City.’ As per a Female First UK report, the actor compared the eccentric director to a conductor of music. Read on to know all he shared. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, Bryan Cranston said, “It feels…

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City – running for the Palme d'Or at the ongoing 76th Cannes Film Festival – is set in the mid-1950s in the middle of American desert. The place is also known as Asteroid City, because thousands of years ago a meteorite landed there. Or so everyone believes. Presently, the city is where a US Government observatory is located. It is also the place where teens assemble to gaze at the sky. Often parents come along with them. (Also read: Cannes 2023: Jude Law wore 'smelly perfume' to play King Henry…

Images via Searchlight Pictures/TikTok Wes Anderson has been making films for almost three decades and he has barely experienced a lull in either success or popularity. Still, with his new film Asteroid City premiering at Cannes, which critics are calling his best since Grand Budapest Hotel, and his work being copied all over TikTok, it’s safe to say Wes Anderson has never been more in demand. Despite being a relatively private person, this is far from the first time Anderson has taken over social media…

Image via Focus Features We’re only a few weeks away from Wes Anderson’s new flick, Asteroid City, but cinemagoers are finding it a little unsettling that most of the internet seems to be enamored by the AI creations inspired by Anderson’s cinematic style rather than his very real upcoming film. Over the past few days, a lot of video clips have surfaced online showing what some iconic movies would’ve looked like had Wes Anderson directed them. One viral teaser, in particular, even imagined how the director’s…

To say that he’s done it again – yet again – is going to mean something different to fans and non-fans. But I have to say the first category is the only place to be for what is simply a terrifically entertaining and lightly sophisticated new comedy from Wes Anderson, in his signature rectilinear, deadpan style, with primary-pastel colours and his all-star repertory ensemble cast. Regulars including Jason Schwartzman and Tilda Swinton are now joined by Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks, who have been welcomed into the droll…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEven some of Wes Anderson’s most die-hard fans were put off by his 2021 film The French Dispatch, with its three-story structure and stilted, self-conscious evocation of literary France. Anderson hasn’t changed his storytelling technique in the slightest for his new film Asteroid City, which has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, but his recent detractors will be relieved…