The Unpopular Opinion: 'The Darjeeling Limited' Is Wes Anderson's Best Film
Last year was the tenth anniversary of Wes Anderson's most maligned and most underrated movie. No one remembered. It's time for a The Darjeeling Limited defense.
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The Films Of Wes Anderson Honest Trailer: Your Barista's Favorite Filmmaker Takes Some Jabs
Watch the Wes Anderson Honest Trailer, which takes shots at the filmmaker's overall style and direction rather than taking aim at one specific film Since Wes Anderson has plenty of signature traits, it works pretty well this way.
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Video: The Story Behind Wes Anderson's 'The Darjeeling Limited' And 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Earlier this month, we wrote about Matt Zoller Seitz's new book The Wes Anderson Collection, a book examining the work of writer/director Wes Anderson. The Pulitzer Prize finalist has been following Anderson's career since the very beginning, and has teamed up with editor Steven Santos to bring the book to the web in a documentary/video essay format. A couple weeks back…
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/Film Interview: Wes Anderson Talks About 'Moonrise Kingdom's' Themes, End Credits, His Dark Next Movie, Fan Art And More
Wes Anderson sits on a short list of filmmakers who, no matter what they put in theaters, we'll go see it. His latest, Moonrise Kingdom, is only his seventh feature film but with each and every movie, Anderson's unique vision evolves and focuses telling original, beautiful stories that are wholly his own, even when they're…
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VOTD: 15 Years Of Fox Searchlight
Fox Searchlight released their first film, The Brothers McMullen, in 1995. This year the minimajor is celebrating their 15th anniversary. Anyone who reads /Film knows that I tend to love the type of films that Searchlight picks up at Sundance, and more recently, the films Searchlight has been producing in house (Aronofsky's Black Swan, Boyle's…
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Cool Stuff: The Darjeeling Limited Criterion Collection Cover Art
I've always loved the artwork of Wes Anderson's brother Eric Chase Anderson, who many of you might recognize as the production designer on The Royal Tenenbaums. Not only did he make all of the rooms in the Tenenbaum house look different and unique, but he created all the drawings and paintings credited to Richie Tenenbaum…
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Features Announced For Criterion Collection's Fall Lineup, Which Includes The Darjeeling Limited, Paths Of Glory And Hausu
I'm thankful for the Criterion Collection nearly every day, but especially on a slow weekend before Comic Con. This week Criterion finally announced a slate of October releases, which includes a couple of highly anticipated pressings. Finally we'll get Criterion editions of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory and the absolutely insane 1977 Japanese haunted house…
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Adrien Brody To Star In Dario Argento's Giallo, Vincent Gallo And Ray Liotta No Longer Attached
When I first heard that Adrien Brody had hopped on Dario Argento's signature serial killer flick Giallo, I pictured him playing the stylish murderer. Vincent Gallo had been typically outspoken about his loathing to play the part due to the involvement of his former fiance and Argento spawn, Asia Argento. Unsurprisingly, Gallo is no…
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Watch Wes Anderon's Hotel Chevalier Online Right Now!
You've heard us talk about Wes Anderson's 13 minute short film Hotel Chevalier which stars Natalie Portman (in the buff, kinda) and Jason Schwartzman. And now you can watch it exclusively on Apple iTunes. Fret not, it's completely free - just click this link, download and consume. Hotel Chevalier is set in a hotel room…
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Will Owen Wilson And Wes Anderson Ever Write A New Script Together?
Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors, but I more appreciate his earlier work: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore (especially) and of course, The Royal Tenenbaums. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was good but not great, and went on to become a box office failure. The film, which cost more than the budgets of this…
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New Photos: The Darjeeling Limited
Fox Searchlight has released a new batch of 13 production photos from Wes Anderson's upcoming film, The Darjeeling Limited. The official plot description follows: Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each…
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No Hotel Chevalier Short? Bad Darjeeling Limited Reviews?
Update: The short film is available online. Watch it NOW. We've learned that Wes Anderson's 13-minute short film Hotel Chevalier starring Jason Schartzman and Natalie Portman will not, according to trade reports and Jeff Wells, be showing before The Darjeeling Limited after all. Hotel Chevalier acts as a prequel to The Darjeeling Limited. The short…
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The Darjeeling Limited: More Behind The Scenes Videos
A couple days back, we posted four behind the scenes videos from Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. Fox Searchlight has sent us three more videos, again, accompanied by description from Wes Anderson himself. Check them out after the jump. "Waris and the Cobra" "We originally wanted to cast a little, red, spectacularly posoinous species called…
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Videos: Behind The Scenes Of Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited
Fox Searchlight has sent us four behind the scenes videos for Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, which hits select theaters on September 29th 2007. It is rather strange timing to release these videos on a day which has the media reporting on the health problems of star Owen Wilson. Either way, you can check them…
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The Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack
Pop Candy have gotten their hands on a sample of the track list for the soundtrack to The Darjeeling Limited. One of the highlights of Wes Anderson's films is without a doubt, the soundtrack. So you might want to fire up your iTunes and create your own Darjeeling mix in preparation. The Rolling Stones' Play…
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The Darjeeling Limited To Include Wes Anderson Short Film
"Every movie I make is about someone who can't fit in, can't make things work or is dealing with failure," Anderson tells The Guardian. Wes Anderson's (Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums) latest film The Darjeeling Limited will be accompanied by a 12-minute short called Hotel Chevalier, which apparently acts as a prequel to…
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Must Watch: Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited Movie Trailer
We warned you last week, and now here it is - the movie trailer for Wes Anderson's new movie The Darjeeling Limited. The film is "An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across…
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The Darjeeling Limited Movie Poster, Movie Trailer Premiere
The theatrical movie poster for Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson's next film The Darjeeling Limited was released online tonight. The film's trailer will debut this weekend in front of Fox Searchlight's Sunshine and Once. I'm sure the trailer will show up online next week. We posted some photos from the film last…
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First Look: Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited
 Entertainment Weekly has released the first photos from Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. The Rushmore director is telling fans "You can't trust what you read on the internet" in response to a plot description which has been circulating the web for months. According to the web description, the story follows three brothers who trek…
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Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited Movie Poster NOT REAL
Update: Apparently the poster is just a creation of NataliePortman.com, and is not real. One day after the screenplay mysteriously found its way onto the internet, out friends at FilmIck have a first look at the movie poster for Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. I love the film's tagline "She Almost Definitely Changed The World".…
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Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited Screenplay Online
Wes Anderson's next movie, The Darjeeling Limited is being screened for test audiences right now (a review on AICN has mysteriously disappeared). The film's screenplay has been leaked onto the internet. We haven't read it, but we're hoping it's better than The Life Aquatic (we enjoyed his last movie but it paled in comparison to…
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