10 Movies From Cannes 2021 We're Hyped To See

10. The French Dispatch

As a caveat for this entry, we should note that Wes Anderson’s latest movie might be the most Wes Anderson-y yet. The picture stars all of the twee auteur’s usual suspects, including Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody, and serves as something of a cinematic love letter to The New Yorker. If you didn’t like The Grand Budapest Hotel et al, and you have an aversion to knowing quirkiness, pastel colours, and symmetry, look away now.

For those of you picking up what Anderson is putting down, though, this is bound to delight you. It’s a structural departure from his usual works, comprising three separate but connected stories, linked by the titular publication.

We can expect indie hits of yesteryear, witty dialogue, Jason Schwartzman being flustered, and plenty more besides. Critics are calling it a return to form after the slightly disappointing Isle Of Dogs, and for devotees of the Anderson Industrial Complex, this could be one of his best films yet.

A director who knows how to play the hits, Anderson looks to have done it again. What “it” is really comes down to the viewer.