4:45 pm update: I’ve just been informed by none other than Wes Anderson that The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features, 5.30.25) will be presented with an aspect ratio of 1.5:1…and not 1.66:1, as I erroneously presumed and posted earlier today.

Is there any living filmmaker who is more of an instantly recognizable signature stylist than Wes Anderson?

I’ve been using the term “WesWorld” for a good 20 plus years, and there isn’t a soul on the planet earth who doesn’t know what means. And yet two years ago, Wes was quoted as saying…

All but locked for Cannes, The Phoenician Scheme opens stateside on 5.30.25.