Fantastic Mr. Fox

By Cynthia Fuchs

Intergenerational dilemmas -- how to be foxes, to be individuals and also parts of communities -- form the complicated heart of Fantastic Mr. Fox. [13 November 2009]

Bottle Rocket

By Sean Murphy

The actual payoff in Bottle Rocket is all about the journey, and the somewhat refreshing resolution of lessons not necessarily learned. [9 January 2009]

The Darjeeling Limited

By Kirby Fields

At last, as in the final scene taken by a camera fixed to the exterior of a train as it clickety-clacks forward, the countryside speeding by, the rails extending into the distance, we can see that Wes Anderson is back on track. [22 February 2008]

The Darjeeling Limited

By Cynthia Fuchs

Patricia (Anjelica Huston) serves multiple purposes in The Darjeeling Limited, not least being the grail her children seek. [17 October 2007]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Criterion Collection (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'That's what the movie's sort of about,' observes Wes Anderson, 'self-invention, and making their own art, and all those things.'" [16 May 2005]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Wes Anderson's film and Steve's filmed life creak a little, exposing seams and efforts to make sense of experience. [10 December 2004]

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

By Lucas Hilderbrand

It is The Royal Tenenbaums's hyperbole that both makes the fantasy so lively and reveals the self-delusions at its foundation. [1 January 1995]

Short Ends and Leader: ‘Mr. Fox’ is Indeed ‘Fantastic’

Owen Wilson: Where does he go from here? [18 October 2007]