Film & TV
June 23, 2023
Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Made Me Feel Like I’m From Another Planet
The 1950s-set comedy is being hailed as the director’s best work in years, and I can’t figure out why.
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Film & TV
July 7, 2022
Let’s Remember How Great James Caan Was in ‘Bottle Rocket’
The 82-year-old actor, known for playing the heaviest of heavies, was an instrumental part of the movie that launched the careers of Wes Anderson and the Wilson brothers.
Film & TV
October 21, 2021
‘The French Dispatch’ Is Wes Anderson at His Most Self-indulgent
The Houston filmmaker’s latest is a valentine to defiantly idiosyncratic storytellers like Wes Anderson.
Film & TV
July 14, 2021
Everything We Know So Far About Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’
At Cannes, the Houston native’s latest inspired a nine-minute standing ovation and equally fawning reviews.
Film & TV
April 23, 2021
Gabriel Luna and Pedro Pascal Will Star in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ Bringing Texan Authenticity to the Apocalypse
Plus: Matthew McConaughey leads Greg Abbott in the polls, Hilary Duff will lead a ‘How I Met Your Mother’ spinoff, and Post Malone makes music history.
Film & TV
February 14, 2020
Hollywood, Texas: Lucky Oscar Nominees Get to Meet Jerry From ‘Cheer’
Plus, new music from Caleb Landry Jones and Kaitlyn Dever, and candles from Kacey Musgraves and Erykah Badu.
Film & TV
October 12, 2018
Yes, the Academics Who Devoted an Entire Journal Issue to Wes Anderson Just Might Know What They’re Talking About
It’s time to get intra-intra-diegetic.
Film & TV
March 21, 2018
Inside Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’
Houston-born director Wes Anderson gives us an inside look into how the fantastical world of his new film, ’Isle of Dogs,’ was made.
Film & TV
February 19, 2015
Could “Boyhood” Get Shut Out at the Oscars?
Richard Linklater’s masterpiece went from being the overwhelming favorite for the Best Picture and Best Director awards at Sunday’s Academy Awards to being an underdog. How does that happen?
Film & TV
February 13, 2015
The Oscar Boys
Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, and their near-identical path to Oscar glory.
Film & TV
January 12, 2015
Texas Films Did Very Well at the Golden Globes Last Night
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel took home both of the “best picture” awards—and Linklater also took home his first major directing award.
Film & TV
March 17, 2014
Wes Anderson Has Released a Companion Short to ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
If the film's Courtesan au Chocolat looked delicious to you, feel free to try to make one.
Film & TV
March 11, 2014
The Line for Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel” at SXSW Last Night Was Unbelievable
SXSW attendees lined up in unprecendented numbers to see the Texas-bred filmmaker's screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel and extended Q&A at the Paramount Theater.
Film & TV
November 15, 2013
Watch a Wes Anderson Short Film Financed by Prada
It's about a race car driver in 1955 Italy, and—spoiler alert—it stars Jason Schwartzman.
Film & TV
October 18, 2013
Wes Anderson Has Not Been Replaced By A Robot
As the trailer to his new movie proves, only Wes Anderson could make a movie this Wes Anderson-y.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Bill and Wes’s Excellent Adventure
With the announcement that Bill Murray will star in Wes Anderson's next movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, the pair enters the upper echelon of American director-actor combos.
Screens
October 31, 2012
Wes Is More
In Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson lovingly embraces his fantastical streak.
Libations
February 14, 2012
Shiner Hops Forward with Wild Hare
Spoetzl Brewery's first Pale Ale debuts with a curious ad campaign.
The Culture
January 18, 2012
Own Stars: Wes Anderson’s New Trailer and Other Texas Celeb News
Wes Anderson released the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom, Yao Ming saves pandas, and Vanilla Ice renovates more than his career.
Artist Interview
December 1, 1998
Love Stories
Once you get past a pregnant Drew Barrymore waddling through a characterless Texas backdrop, there aren’t many laughs in the comedy Home Fries, which was shot in Austin in 1996 and opened in theaters around the country on November 25. On the fall film festival circuit, audiences groaned at the
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
The New Kids—Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
The show-biz establishment loves them almost as much as their parents do.
Film & TV
February 1, 1996
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
As befits the creators of a movie called Bottle Rocket, the careers of Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson have taken off with a bang. The twentysomething filmmakers, who met at the University of Texas, first produced a thirteen-minute black and white short of the same name about three bumbling wannabe