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Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a still from ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ in theaters on Friday

The Magnificent Wes Anderson: Why 'The Phoenician Scheme' is my fave since 'Grand Budapest'

E. Nina Rothe May 20, 2025

At the core of his latest film, Anderson, along with co-writer Roman Coppola and leading man Benicio de Toro, has created a wonderfully entertaining antihero of contradictions: European yet eerily Trumpian, bigger than life yet soft spoken, bearing many passports yet without a fixed address, a self professed diplomat who carries a crate of hand-grenades — just in case they are needed. And more often than not, they are.

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In Film Festivals, Film, review Tags Wes Anderson, Benicio del Toro, Universal, Focus Features, Middle East, The Phoenician Scheme, Cannes Film Festival, Competition, Benedict Cumberbatch, Fouad Malouf, Milena Canonero, Adam Stockhausen, Jasper Sharp, Alexandre Desplat, Cartier, Prada, Dunhill, Juman Malouf, Studio Babelsberg, Tom Hanks, Riz Ahmed, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Scarlett Johansson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bill Murray, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Roman Coppola
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