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Video Review – The French Dispatch is a Wes Anderson Overload

October 21, 2021 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of The French Dispatch…

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is back with another quirky film and somehow outdoes himself this time. The French Dispatch is an insane overload of the senses but somehow works in the film’s favor. Watch EJ’s review of the movie below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and other video content…

SEE ALSO: Read our written view of The French Dispatch here

On the death of its beloved Kansas-born editor Arthur Howitzer, Jr., (Bill Murray) the staff of The French Dispatch, a widely circulated American magazine based in the French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, convenes to write his obituary. Memories of Howitzer flow into the creation of four stories: a travelogue of the seediest sections of the city itself from The Cycling Reporter; “The Concrete Masterpiece,” about a criminally insane painter, his guard and muse, and his ravenous dealers; “Revisions to a Manifesto,” a chronicle of love and death on the barricades at the height of student revolt; and “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner,” a suspenseful tale of drugs, kidnapping and fine dining.

The film stars Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Christoph Waltz, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Saoirse Ronan, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Fisher Stevens, Henry Winkler, Alex Lawther, and Tony Revolori.

The French Dispatch arrives in cinemas on October 22nd.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, lea seydoux, Lyna Khoudri, Owen Wilson, saoirse ronan, the french dispatch, Tilda Swinton, Timothee Chalamet, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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