AwardsWatch - wes anderson

‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Review: Wes Anderson’s First of Four New Adaptations of Roald Dahl Shorts Heralds a New Era for the Filmmaker | Venice

Adam Solomons September 1, 2023

The first of four Roald Dahl short stories adapted by Wes Anderson as part of Netflix’s reported half-a-billion-dollar deal with the Dahl Estate, The Wonderful... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #196: Our Top 5 Modern Directors

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AwardsWatch Podcast #196: Our Top 5 Modern Directors

Ryan McQuade August 7, 2023

On episode 196 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Sophia Ciminello, Zach Laws, and Josh Parham to discuss... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #189: Reviewing ‘Asteroid City’ and our Top 5 Wes Anderson films

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AwardsWatch Podcast #189: Reviewing ‘Asteroid City’ and our Top 5 Wes Anderson films

Ryan McQuade June 26, 2023

On episode 189 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer and Zach... Read More

Everything in its right place: Ranking the films of Wes Anderson from ‘Bottle Rocket’ to ‘Asteroid City’

Zachary Laws June 23, 2023

Few modern filmmakers have established an aesthetic as distinctive as Wes Anderson. Scroll through social media on any given day and you’ll see fan-created artwork... Read More

‘Asteroid City’ review: Wes Anderson’s homage to Steven Spielberg is among his most meta and most melancholic | Cannes

Ben Rolph May 23, 2023

With an explosion of pastel colours, precise camera moves and a whimsical script, Asteroid City is Wes Anderson operating at his best, still doing his... Read More

Focus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debut

Erik Anderson May 22, 2023

Ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this week, Focus Features has dropped three first look clips of Asteroid City,... Read More

‘The French Dispatch’ review: Wes Anderson dials up the quirk in anthological homage to journalism [Cannes Review]

Caroline Tsai July 13, 2021

“The New Yorker will be the magazine not published for the old lady in Dubuque,” editor Harold W. Ross wrote in the founding prospectus for... Read More

2021 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Big auteurs, expanded lineups and a record number of women filmmakers

Erik Anderson June 3, 2021

24 titles were revealed this morning as in competition films for the 74th Cannes Film Festival, announced today by Thierry Frémaux, artistic director and general... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (May)

Erik Anderson May 14, 2021

After a season in which Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) made Academy Awards history and became the first woman of color to win the Best Director Oscar... Read More

Cannes Film Festival to announce Official Selection on June 3

Erik Anderson May 28, 2020

Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, the Festival’s General Delegate, will announce the line-up of the 73rd edition of the... Read More