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Watch Wes Anderson’s Animated Companion Short to ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By Judy Berman on

Earlier this week, we giddily announced that Wes Anderson would be releasing an animated Moonrise Kingdom companion short — and now he’s done it. The four-minute film is hosted by Moonrise’s narrator, Bob Balaban, and compiles a series of brief sequences that illustrate passages from the young adult sci-fi and fantasy books disaffected… Read More

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Wes Anderson to Release Animated ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Companion Short

By Judy Berman on

After catching Wes Anderson’s new film, Moonrise Kingdom, in the theater last week, we’ve occasionally caught ourselves fantasizing about returning to the sweetly ridiculous island of New Penzance, ca. 1965. So imagine our delight at the news that Anderson is planning to release an animated short that serves as a companion piece to the movie.… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. It took the return of Will Smith after a four-year film hiatus to knock The Avengers out of the top spot at the box office. That said, Men in Black III’s $55 million opening weekend is reportedly a disappointment for Sony, who spent about $325 million to make and market the movie. [via … Read More

Film

Who Wants to Play Wes Anderson Bingo?

By Judy Berman on

Of all the auteurs working today, Wes Anderson’s films are probably the most instantly recognizable. (Well, except maybe for Tim Burton’s, but you can argue amongst yourselves about whether he still deserves to be called an auteur.) They feature a fairly consistent troupe of actors (Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman), a distinct visual style… Read More

Fashion

Dear Costume Department: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By Of a Kind on

Editor’s note: Welcome to Dear Costume Department, a bi-weekly feature brought to you by our fashion-minded friends from Of a Kind, a curated shopping site of limited-edition goods by emerging designers. With each installment, they’ll bring you a head-to-toe look inspired by a buzzed-about pop culture personality — complete with info on where to grab the pieces for your own closet. Enjoy!

Let’s be honest: Half of any Wes Anderson movie — even an animated one — comes down to the costuming, and his latest cult-classic-in-the-making fits the corduroy-suited auteur’s retro-plus-quirk mold. Here’s the gist of what Suzy will be wearing in the flick, which is already getting mad love from the critics at Cannes and is coming your way just in time for the long holiday weekend. Invest now, and you’re halfway to a killer couple’s costume for Halloween 2012! … Read More

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Watch B-Roll Footage from Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By Caroline Stanley on

While Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the auteur’s first live-action feature since 2007, won’t officially be unveiled until the Cannes Film Festival kicks off later this month, an interesting making-of feature with Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Tilda Swinton discussing their characters and what it was like working with the director (but no appearance from Wes himself), as well as 20 minutes of b-roll footage, has already made its way online. If you don’t mind possible spoilers, and more importantly, you absolutely can’t wait until this film opens in limited release on May 25, then hopefully these clips — which were spotted by our friends over at The Playlist — will help tide you over! … Read More

Celebrity

Bill Murray Doesn’t Have an Agent, Won’t Rule Out ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ Is Still Awesome

By Judy Berman on

Whenever Bill Murray grants an interview — that is, when he has a new movie to promote — it’s a treat, mostly because you never know what mood he’s going to be in or what he’s going to say. Around half of this new chat with Chicago’s WGN is about the Cubs, a… Read More

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Watch the Trailer for Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

By Caroline Stanley on

It has been way too long since we’ve been treated to a live action Wes Anderson movie — so long, in fact, that we’re going to jump the gun on tomorrow’s weekly “Trailer Park” feature to alert you that the teaser for the director’s Moonrise Kingdom arrived online this afternoon. And it looks pretty wonderful! Not only are we working with a stellar cast (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Jason Schwartzman), but the setting — a New England summer camp in the mid-60s — is the perfect match for Anderson’s nostalgic aesthetic. Does it look like we’re seeing anything new from the auteur here? Not really, but we don’t really mind. For our money, there’s no one who tells a twee coming-of-age story quite like he does. Even if the plot ends up being a totally bizarre mess, we’ll relish watching the film for the cinematography alone. Well that, and the scene with Bill Murray going to chop down a tree in his underwear. Click through to check out the trailer now, and let us know in the comments what you think of it. … Read More