![This is the office where an insert for an American newspaper is published in a fictional French city. When the magazine editor dies, the staff is left to prepare the final edition of “The French Dispatch.” Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures](/images/resized/images/news/2016/344_nov05/7_100_100.jpg)
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Running Time: 108 minutes
This feature from Searchlight Pictures opens exclusively in theaters on Oct. 29.
Wes Anderson is famous for making visually stunning and quirky films that either charm or annoy viewers. His live action features include “Rushmore,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” and this reviewer’s personal favorite, “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” “The French Dispatch” is his latest effort and it possesses Anderson’s unique and eccentric mannerisms in spades. It’s also the closest this filmmaker has ever come to making an anthology.
The brief, episodic nature of the material struggles to make a big emotional...