The French Dispatch

In The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson pays homage to the literary world and brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city. Filled with the director’s signature brand of humor, heart and visual panache, Anderson’s extravagant love letter to journalists, peppered with sex, murder and cigarettes, features gloriously idiosyncratic performances from the likes of Timothée Chalamet, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Benicio del Toro and Jeffrey Wright. (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2021, Germany/USA, in English/French with English subtitles, 108 mins., Rated R)