On Friday, June 23, Wes Anderson 's 11th feature film, " Asteroid City," was released to theaters. I heard the buzz all weekend: this movie is different, this one you have to see. But I was resistant.

And we’ll do our part by brewing a pot of coffee. “Asteroid City” is rated PG-13 on appeal for brief graphic nudity, smoking and some suggestive material. Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes.

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But Asteroid City is at particular pains to get its audience to notice what it’s doing, providing a skeleton key that unlocks not only this particular movie, but Anderson’s entire body of work.

Here’s how it works. SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. If you have yet to see the movie, please exit stage left.

Wes Anderson is no stranger to a stylish movie premiere. In 2021, when his film The French Dispatch debuted at Cannes, the wildly clashing fashions of its stars Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton ...

At least at first glance, “Asteroid City” isn’t among Anderson’s strongest works, including 2001’s “The Royal Tenenbaums,” 2012’s “Moonrise Kingdom” and his previous effort ...