Alexander Skarsgard Evokes Thigh-High Drama in Saint Laurent’s Fetish Boots at Cannes for ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Premiere

The director in competition with "The Phoenician plot" on an eccentric magnate with many children and many ambitions. "Allusions to Elon Musk? Perhaps, unconscious suggestions"

Alexander Skarsgard Evokes Thigh-High Drama in Saint Laurent’s Fetish Boots at Cannes for ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Premiere

Alexander Skarsgård wore a head-to-toe Saint Laurent look including black thigh-high boots to 'The Phoenician Scheme' premiere at Cannes on May 18

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Cannes 2025 Premiere: Eva Longoria, Michael Cera, Alexander Skarsgard & Many More Stars Attend! | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of The Phoenician Scheme at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Sunday (May 18) in Cannes, France. The latest film from director Wes Anderson features a star-studded cast ensemble, following his Asteroid City in 2023 and The French Dispatch in 2021. Stars of the film, including Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Benicio del Toro, Rupert Friend, Mia Threapleton, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlott…

The Phoenician Scheme review: Wes Anderson's latest is a quaint tale of industrial espionage

Wes Anderson’s latest film starts with a bang. Quite literally. It’s 1950, and we find ourselves on a plane somewhere above the Balkan flatlands. There sits wealthy tycoon Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) when, all of a sudden, an explosion blows out a hole in the back of the plane, leaving one poor soul splatted. Just his legs and a gruesome splash of blood on the wall remain. Korda then ejects the pilot (Stephen Park) and miraculously lives. “…

Review | The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson’s exquisite espionage caper

Director brings his style and a star-studded cast including Bill Murray as God to a mildly baffling spy tale and father-daughter story.

Inside the meticulous world of Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'

The sets of Wes Anderson's new film, 'The Phoenician Scheme,' were crafted in Berlin's iconic Studio Babelsberg. True to form, Anderson unleashed his extravagance and obsession with detail. His singular aesthetic is the focus of an exhibition at Paris's Cinémathèque française.