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Film Review - The Phoenician Scheme

Film Review - The Phoenician Scheme

The usual surplus of insufferable quirk from Wes Anderson, bordering on self-parody, but I like Mia Threapleton

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May 26, 2025
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Wes Anderson continues his tiresome streak of insufferable archness without emotional resonance in The Phoenician Scheme. I’ve long since lost patience with this director, whose earlier works with genuine pathos — Rushmore (1998), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), for instance — now feel like d…

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