Skip to main content
Got a tip?
Newsletters

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson Shares Why He Was Unable to Accept His First-Ever Oscar in Person

In one of the biggest ironies of the 2024 Oscars, Wes Anderson — whose fans had been waiting for him to win an Oscar since The Royal Tenenbaums‘ nomination in 2001 — won his first-ever Academy Award but was unable to accept it in person. While the auteur didn’t get a chance to give his […]

Berlin Debates AI Threat to Hollywood Jobs: “Fear the Person Who Uses These Tools”

Hollywood has already been toying with generative AI video tools for film and TV production, but with varying results and an existential threat to workers in visual effects and other postproduction work especially.   So the promise and peril of Sora, Sam Altman’s newly-unveiled text-to-video technology from OpenAI that claims to create highly detailed visual […]

‘Asteroid City’ Production Designer Created a Love Letter to the 1950s American Southwest

When it comes to Wes Anderson, production designer Adam Stockhausen admits he’s a fan first, collaborator second. “I love the way he tells stories,” says Stockhausen, who first worked with the auteur as an art director on The Darjeeling Limited. Since then, Stockhausen has served as production designer on Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest […]

‘Uncropped’ Review: James Hamilton Doc Doubles as a Compelling Elegy for Photojournalism and Alt-Weeklies

Executive produced by Wes Anderson, D.W. Young's film puts Village Voice photographer James Hamilton in the spotlight.

Netflix to Reopen Hollywood’s Iconic Egyptian Theatre Next Month

Netflix and the American Cinematheque will reopen Hollywood’s iconic The Egyptian Theatre next month after more than three years of renovations and just in time to showcase the streamer’s awards lineup. The historic landmark, built during the silent era, has been dark since movie theaters across the country shuttered in March 2020. Netflix closed a […]

Wes Anderson Revisits Roald Dahl in ‘Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Trailer

Benedict Cumberbatch goes on an adventure as the title character in the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The project hits Netflix on Sept. 27 as one of four short films from the director that are based on author Roald Dahl’s work and will launch on the streaming […]

Venice Flashback: Wes Anderson Rolled Onto the Lido With ‘Darjeeling Limited’

When Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited — in which Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman play brothers traveling by train across India — debuted at Venice in 2007, the reviews, though positive, were picky. THR complained, “The film is overly pleased with itself, and the characters are way too self-absorbed.” At a festival press conference, Anderson insisted on […]

‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in Wes Anderson’s Mini-Marvel of a Roald Dahl Adaptation

Set to premiere on Netflix next month, the 40-minute film also features Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade.

Wes Anderson on the Wes Anderson Style: “Most of My Choices Are Just Me Doing What I Want”

Wes Anderson’s visual style is perhaps among the most widely acknowledged and talked about of any contemporary directors, with countless videos, photos and memes claiming to have somehow replicated the supposedly trademark look and feel of his movies. But does the filmmaker himself acknowledge this style? When ask at the Venice Film Festival, where he’s […]

Wes Anderson to Receive Venice’s Glory to the Filmmaker Honor

Wes Anderson, the American cinematic master of quirk, will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. Anderson will receive the prize in Venice on Sept. 1, ahead of the world premiere out-of-competition screening of The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar. The new 40-minute work, which stars Ralph […]

Box Office Upset: Spidey and ‘Elemental’ Pull Ahead of ‘The Flash’ on Wednesday

In a midweek upset, Sony holdover Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Pixar’s new animated Elemental edged out Warner Bros.’ DC superhero tentpole The Flash at the Wednesday box office. Both The Flash and Elemental opened over the June 16-18 weekend to decidedly dismal results. The former started off with $55 million for the three days, […]

Box Office: Ezra Miller’s ‘The Flash,’ Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Get Iced by Moviegoers

Argh. Such was the refrain across Hollywood as opening weekend estimates circulated for DC’s highly anticipated The Flash and Pixar’s Elemental, which are debuting domestically over the long Juneteenth holiday weekend. (As well as Father’s Day on Sunday.) Starring Ezra Miller in the titular role, Warner Bros. and DC’s The Flash is anything but flashy […]