31 h. ago Bill Murray terrified Wes Anderson and terrorised Jason Schwartzman – then became their closest collaborator

The 1998 film ‘Rushmore’ marked the beginning of Murray’s longstanding creative partnership with Hollywood’s most impeccably dressed auteur – one forged in unease and volatility, writes Clarisse Loughrey

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4 d. ago A blockbuster new Wes Anderson exhibition is opening in London this weekend

A blockbuster new Wes Anderson exhibition is opening in London this weekend  Time Out Worldwide

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4 d. ago Wes Anderson’s Meticulous Cinematic Archives Unveiled in London Landmark Retrospective

Wes Anderson’s Meticulous Cinematic Archives Unveiled in London Landmark Retrospective  hypebeast.com

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4 d. ago wes anderson retrospective at london's design museum features over 700 archival objects

wes anderson retrospective at london's design museum features over 700 archival objects  Designboom

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5 d. ago The Design Museum’s Wes Anderson exhibition is more than just pretty craftwork

The London gallery’s new show features a wealth of items from across the Texan filmmaker’s idiosyncratic career. This exhibition of oddities might sound a little predictable, writes Louis Chilton – but Anderson has always been more complicated than he’s given credit for

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5 d. ago Wes Anderson: The Archives review – Wesophiles will relish this deep dive into the detail

Design Museum, LondonThe Fantastic Mr Fox’s snappy outfits, an intricate model of the Grand Budapest Hotel and dozens of stop-motion puppets are all among the 700 objects in this sugarcoated quirkfestTerrible things happen in Wes Anderson films. In his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, a man is casually split in half in an aircraft crash. In The Royal Tenenbaums, the patriarchal protagonist feigns a terminal illness in order to weasel his way back into his estranged and dysfunctional family. In The Grand Budapest Hotel the “heroic” concierge Monsieur Gustave is essentially a killer and the fictional Republic of Zubrowka is in the tightening grip of a fascist regime.All this is played for knowing comedic effect (the splatted bisection resembles a Tom and Jerry cartoon; Zubrowka is a brand of Polish bison grass vodka), while lavishly sugarcoated in a set dressing of eccentric curios, outlandish costumes and saturated colour. Anderson aficionados will be familiar with the drill, a bit lik...

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1 week ago T&C Culture Watch: The World of Wes Anderson Is Coming to Life in London

T&C Culture Watch: The World of Wes Anderson Is Coming to Life in London  Town & Country Magazine

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1 week ago ‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’ Retrospective Exhibition Set for The Design Museum in London

‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’ Retrospective Exhibition Set for The Design Museum in London  Deadline

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