Wes Anderson, one of Hollywood's most revered and identifiable contemporary filmmakers, is back with "The Phoenician Scheme." The writer-director's follow-up to his acclaimed 2023 sci-fi dramedy, "Asteroid City,

Wes Anderson has always been Wes Anderson, but with “The Phoenician Scheme” he somehow seems more Wes Anderson than ever before.

Wes Anderson is just about the last prestige filmmaker anyone would expect to rip anything from the headlines, at least not headlines sourced from still-extant publications. Like so many of the best American directors,