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There are many filmmakers who have their own distinct styles, but over the past 20 years, no director has been more inimitable than Wes Anderson. His use of

There are many filmmakers who have their own distinct styles, but over the past 20 years, no director has been more inimitable than Wes Anderson. His use of

From The Royal Tenenbaums to Rushmore, from The Grand Budapest Hotel to Moonrise Kingdom, th ...

This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: Last Night in Soho, The French Dispatch, Snakehead, and Army of Thieves.

About 30 years ago, the fiction writer Tony Earley wrote a short story called "The Prophet From Jupiter," for Harper's Magazine, which concerned the goings-on of a particular town, from the perspective of a semi-omniscient narrator so close to the characters, it was as if perched on their shoulders. It's a sprawling, astonishing work that seemed capable of encompassing an enormous swath of material, a sentiment echoed by its author, who wrote as much in the author's notes a...

'The French Dispatch' is a filmsy film. There is one exception, though, the food writer, Roebuck Wright, played by Jeffrey Wright. That guy is onto something. As a food writer myself, I know.

Wes Anderson’s latest opens this week at the Belcourt and Regal Opry Mills

With “The French Dispatch,” the director’s latest, yet another American artist falls under the country’s spell. The Times’s Paris bureau chief recalls when the same thing happened to him.

There are many filmmakers who have their own distinct styles, but over the past 20 years, no director has been more inimitable than Wes Anderson. His use of

The French Dispatch offers plenty of wonderful elements and a unique artistic voice that is likely to please most fans.