The French Dispatch (2021): A Movie Review

Wes Anderon has been making movies for long enough that, unless there’s a lot of buzz saying otherwise, new releases are taken as a known quantity. Fans turn up, and the large part of the viewing public decides whether to go see them based largely on past work. Directors with such longevity — he’s been a recognisable part of movie culture for more than twenty years — reach a point where their work gets taken for…