This was great. Probably one of my favorites of his as well. Enjoyed all the stories, but I think I'd rank them 1 > 3 > 2. I was able to follow the dialog enough to understand most of what was going on, but it's dense and moves so fast that I felt like I was trying to keep pace for a lot of it.
Also, if they don’t eventually print this actual magazine issue as for purchase as a book, I will riot.
The French Dispatch This really puts into words how disappointing everything has been since The Royal Tenenbaums. It is all too manicured, too groomed.
hearing that he initially wanted to be an architect makes too much sense with everything from moonrise on. lots of highly curated sets and next to no character development or plot
First movie to get me back into the theatre since Covid. Loved it, but I love (almost) everything he has done.
the "politics, culture, true crime, false crime..." line got me good. sounded like something from the simpsons.
absolutely lost it at the phrase Flop Quarter of Ennui and "a weakness in cartography the curse of the homosexual" , plus Moses being Mexican and Jewish, I know he's always a bit much but damn also very funny that it's dedicated to Wallace Shawn's dad but he isn't in it, guess him and Balaban being in the same movie would cause a vortex the Chalamet/McDormand stuff was icky , he didn't need to be 19 Jeffrey Wright was delightful I know his movies are always stacked but I can't process that Owen Wilson, Henry Winkler, Elizabeth Moss, WIllem Dafoe, Tony Revolori, Edward Norton, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzmann and Saoirse Ronan all have blink and you'd miss it appearances
holy hell this was outstanding. it looked absolutely magical. side note i giggled with absolute glee when Henry Winkler popped up
Bottle Rocket isn't his best movie by any stretch. It's a great movie but it's not even top 5 for Wes.