Wes Anderson Articles

Pete Docter’s Up (Disney / Pixar) (top); Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures) (bottom) Although Pete Docter’s Up was expected to have the animation year-end awards field all to itself, it ultimately had to face tough competition from Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, which features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Jason Schwartzman, among others. Up has won awards from at [...]

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson (top); Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (middle); Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (bottom) AFI FEST 2009, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, kicks off next Friday, Oct. 30, with a screening of Wes Anderson’s animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Owen Wilson, among others. Other gala presentations include [...]

Wes Anderson and Bill Murray attend the Fantastic Mr Fox press conference at The 2009 Times BFI London Film Festival held at the Dorchester Hotel on October 14. Photos: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Click on the photos to enlarge them. George Clooney, Bill Murray George Clooney, Jarvis Cocker George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman

Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU Review Pt.1 Additionally, The Life Aquatic offers a couple of performers in good form: Veteran Bud Cort (the first half of Harold and Maude), who is memorable in a small role as a hapless insurance man, and Owen Wilson, who somehow manages to be creepy, sexy, geeky, and likable [...]