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Andy Ottone | Friday, October 6, 2023
A great storyteller’s presence should be felt in their stories. Netflix’s four new short films — “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” “Poison,” “The Rat Catcher” and “The Swan” — have the distinct fingerprints of not one artist, but rather two. Adapting the short fiction of legendary author Roald Dahl, director and screenwriter Wes Anderson
Andy Ottone | Friday, September 1, 2023
As last semester came to a close, I noticed a trend in the videos my friends sent me. Across TikTok and Instagram, there were videos turning events into “Wes Anderson movies.” For those unfamiliar with the artist’s films, these videos would certainly give an impression of Anderson’s stylistic choices. These videos captured Anderson’s unique cinematography
Gracie Simoncic | Friday, October 29, 2021
I love Wes Anderson. I’ve seen most of his films multiple times and I have a hardcover copy of the coffee table classic, “Accidentally Wes Anderson,” proudly displayed in my room. I dream of being as mysteriously moody as Margot Tenenbaum, impressively cool as Fantastic Mr. Fox and recklessly in love as Suzie Bishop. TL;DR,
Nick Brigati | Monday, February 22, 2021
When I saw Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” in theaters last fall, the first time I had stepped in a cinema since the pandemic began, I was disappointed. The dialogue was inaudible, there was a tiresome amount of exposition (surprise, surprise) and of course, as is the biggest problem with many of Nolan’s films, it lacked any
Owen Lane | Monday, April 23, 2018
Wes Anderson’s films are unmistakable. If you see a movie with highly symmetrical framing, bright primary color schemes and Bill Murray, your natural assumption would either be that you are watching a Wes Anderson movie or some sort of blatant Anderson knock-off. His films are easy to appreciate, but not necessarily easy to love. Particularly,
Mike Donovan | Friday, November 18, 2016
Cultural movements hit the youth psyche like violent ocean swells. They crash furiously onto populated shores, submerging everybody and everything in their path. Then, after a few moments, they recede back into the ocean as rapidly as they came. Before long, another wave hits, and the process begins again. In the midst of the voracious
Matt McMahon | Tuesday, February 9, 2016
It’s really no wonder the mash-ups on the Kanye Wes Anderson Tumblr fit together so naturally. Despite the apparent diametrical stylistic opposition between the two, both musician Kanye West and filmmaker Wes Anderson create their individual works in the post-postmodern mindset of New Sincerity. Eschewing the cynicism and irony of the previous generation, the two embrace the
Erin McAuliffe | Monday, November 2, 2015
Amazon Instant Video released the original comedy “Red Oaks,” a campy, 80s-based summer-fun series, at the beginning of October. The series stars Craig Roberts, the Welsh actor who starred in Richard Ayoade’s indie “Submarine,” who carries over his angsty “not a boy, not yet a man” woes to the small screen as David in this 10-episode series.
Erin McAuliffe | Monday, November 10, 2014
Could “Moonrise Kingdom” become the next Magic Kingdom? It could if Wes Anderson collaborates with Mark Mothersbaugh as he announced he intends to in the foreword of Mothersbaugh’s art book, “Myopia,” released earlier this week. “I hope to soon secure the means to commission the construction of an important and sizeable theme park to be
Kevin Noonan | Monday, March 31, 2014
You had me at “Wes Anderson.” One of last fall’s highlights on Saturday Night Live was a sketch featuring the fake trailer for “The Coterie of Midnight Intruders,” which parodied Anderson’s movies and their idiosyncratic and stylistically-unique nature. It featured a one-off joke quoting a fake New York Times review of the film, saying, “You