It’s easy, and popular, to write director Wes Anderson off as a hipster who offers nothing beyond quirk and the occasional funny line. But his films are really American versions of the French New Wave.
by Justin Marble
“He redeemed himself.”
“Redemption? Sure. But in the end, he’s just another dead rat in a garbage pail behind [...]

By Justin Marble
“The Beaches of Agnes” At the Coolidge Corner Cinema
If a motif exists in Agnes Varda’s sprawling new documentary, “The Beaches of Agnes,” it may just be the art of walking backwards. The 81-year-old director, famous among the art house crowd for French New Wave films like “Cleo from 5 to 7,” has a [...]