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more about #wesanderson more comments → Motoko Kusanagi: Tweedy fashion + family of misfits + Kinks-y soundtrack + daddy issues + Angelica Huston + liberal captioning + elaborate set pieces + reverence for c... more » britneyspearstears: more » taritac000001002003004: What's the one element that has kept Wes Anderson's more recent movies from being great? Owen Wilson as a principle writer. He's more than a pretty-... more » MyNameIsChris: OK... the guy has made the same movie a few too many times now. Here's hoping he breaks out of it and finds a new direction to go. Maybe this film is ... more » Beatcamel: Life Aquatic was hardly a flop. It's in the Criterion Collection so apparently there are at least some people out there who can recognize it for the ... more » PrincessKashmir: Goodbye, Gawker. I'm surprised but only mildly so that this was my last straw. more » lafleur: If being quirky is wrong, I don't wanna be right. Anderson is extremely talented and there's nothing wrong with having a "style" of filmmaking-- it mu... more » disinterested 3rd party: I loved Rushmore and Bottle Rocket too. I think that WA is a great stylist, but his films seem just seem lean too heavily on great costume design and... more » piminnowcheez: repatoire This typo appearing in the same sentence as "unearned sense of gravitas" made an ugly little part of me smile. more » phlox✔: ;~/ more » pufflehuff: Hey, the seats reserved for the "20th Century Fox" crew were in front of mine and got in the way of me seeing Bill Murray's facial expressions. They s... more » thisiswhatweknow: The Life Aquatic and (especially) The Darjeeling Ltd both have huge followings. It's not like Tenenbaums was box office gold. more » the_lerpa: cookiness? more » Balsa Wood: Jesus, is there a young American director Gawker likes? Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, but the outright hostility towards Anderson, Jonze, Van Sant (... more » dixieday: Hello, copy editors! It's kookiness, not cookiness. And gravitas, not gravity. Repertoire, not repatoire. And America, not Americ. Surely there are en... more » -
#quirksters
Wes Anderson and Mr. Fox Face the Critics
Wes Anderson's day of destiny is at hand; after back to back flops, the once untouchable boy genius is on the verge of becoming a cautionary tale of what happens when quirky gets left out in the rain. More » -
#junketeers
The Media Does London, Courtesy of The Fantastic Mr. Fox
In the crowded media landscape, it's not easy to create buzz for a new film. It takes years of careful positioning, delicate marketing skills, a well-cultivated grassroots network...Or you can just buy a bunch of bloggers trips to London. More » -
#autuers
Are Wes and Spike Headed for Boy Genius Dammerung?
A decade ago they were the child auteurs who could do no wrong. Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze were not just proclaimed the saviors of the cinema, but of modern civilization as well. More » -
#trailerpark
What Do You Think about The Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer?
Oh, Wes Anderson! It looked as though you squandered your immense talent with a spate of insufferably quirky, predictable, awkward young man flicks. Could a stop-motion kids' film bring you out of your self-parodying slump? More » -
#traderoundup
Jon Hamm and Ben Affleck to Get Romantic
Lots of writers all over Hollywood get deals. There are remakes and reimaginings, adaptations and homages. And there is love. More » -
#bradpitt
Wes Anderson Directs Brad Pitt in Ad for Wacky Japanese Sensibility
Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson doesn't typically work with two-time Sexiest Man Alive winners (keep trying, Schwarzbaum!), so to imagine what the director could do with Brad Pitt doesn't come easily. -
