A year after it was first to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” finally rolled into the French Riviera festival on MondayCANNES, France -- A year after it was first to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Wes Anderson's “The French Dispatch" finally rolled into the French Riviera festival on Monday. The film, Anderson's elaborate and fanciful ode to The New Yorker, is perhaps the starriest ensemble playing at the festival this year. “The French Dispatch” was selected for last year's Cannes, which ultimately was canceled due to the pandemic. “The French Dispatch” is an affection portrait of a weekly literary magazine situated in the fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé. Critics were mixed on the film, praising the movie's full-hearted tribute to 20th century magazine writing and Anderson's intricate image-making — which in “The French Dispatch” may be on a new level even for him.

Source: ABC News July 12, 2021 17:48 UTC