Wes Anderson Remembers to Put Humans in the Dollhouses This Time

Wes Anderson remembers to put humans in the dollhouses this time

In the 27 years since Wes Anderson made Rushmore, his movies have only become more deliriously decorative and ostentatiously ornamental. Among the things audiences will encounter in Anderson’s new movie, The Phoenician Scheme, are shoeboxes containing business plans, multiple rosaries,…

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ review: Benicio del Toro grounds the latest Wes Anderson whimsy

Also starring Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera and Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Phoenician Scheme - César Miguel Rondón

1X Address: Wes Anderson Screenplay: Wes Anderson Production: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson and John Peet Photograph: Bruno Delbonnel Edition: Barney Pilling Music: Alexandre Desplat Protagonists: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, among others.The entry The Phoenician Scheme was first publish…

The Phoenician Scheme (M) film review

Arthouse cinema darling Wes Anderson’s latest is at once a fun sprawling caper and an intimate father-daughter story. Set in 1950, The Phoenician Scheme stars Benicio del Toro as Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda, a ruthless yet charismatic business tycoon, and Mia Threapleton (Kate Winslet’s daughter) as Sister Liesl, Korda’s estranged adult daughter who he sent to live in a convent when she was six. After a close encounter with death, Zsa-Zsa brings Lie…