A Gazillionaire Becomes Conflicted in Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'

A gazillionaire becomes conflicted in Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'

Wes Anderson's latest comedy The Phoenician Scheme stars Benicio del Toro, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Cera and Bill Murray.

Film review: The Phoenician Scheme

Wes Anderson's 12th film is not trying to convince detractors but please his fans. The cast is the expected. The charm is the same. It says what's on the tin.

World visions • Philippa Hawker

Wes Anderson is a filmmaker with a particular sense of time and place, and in his new feature, The Phoenician Scheme, there is much that is familiar. His eye for the beguiling detail, for a distinctive colour palette, for framing and symmetry, for the safety of objects and the embrace of order is evident once more. But part of the significance of the enclosing frame is what it keeps at bay: the best Anderson films also suggest a darker, more cha…

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