We're celebrating the work of Wes Anderson with a season of his classic films at the cinema!
Throughout May and June, we invite you to step into a meticulously crafted universe of pastel palettes, eccentric characters, and whimsical storytelling as we celebrate the films of Wes Anderson, one of cinema’s most distinctive auteurs.
Take a look at the films below...
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
A really delightful family adventure - funny and wistful and sweet - Fantastic Mr. Fox is a modern classic.
An affectionate father and husband, Mr Fox breaks a promise to his wife Felicity when he goes on a daring spree of thefts. But his outrageous exploits also enrage local farmers Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), Bunce (Hugo Guinness), and Bean (Michael Gambon), leading to an epic fight for survival that pulls in all the family - plus a characterful array of their esoteric animal friends.
Screening Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May / Saturday 31 May & Sunday 1 June
A charming, hilarious and affectionate look at the folly of dreamers, Bottle Rocket never compromises on its delicate, deadpan sensibility.
Anthony (Luke Wilson) has just been released from psychiatric hospital, only to find his wacky friend Dignan (Owen C. Wilson) determined to begin an outrageous crime spree. After recruiting their neighbour, Bob (Robert Musgrave), the team embarks on a road trip in search of Dignan's previous boss, Mr. Henry (James Caan). There's only one problem - they don't know the first thing about crime.
Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion songs, Rushmore captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, feeling, and real panache.
Max Fischer. Rushmore Academy. The class of '01. Wes Anderson's dazzling second film follows tenth grader and the self-described king of Rushmore prep school, Max (Jason Schwartzman) as he's put on academic probation and faces expulsion, meanwhile making a play for a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and forming an unlikely friendship with a melancholy millionaire (Bill Murray).
Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody take a train ride across India in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. Inspired by Satyajit Ray's films and magnificently designed, it's full of Anderson's trademark mix of humour and sorrow.
A year after their father's death, three melancholic brothers meet for a train trip across India. Together, rich businessman Francis (Owen Wilson), married man Peter (Adrien Brody) and writer Jack (Jason Schwartzmann, who also appears with Natalie Portman in preceding short Hotel Chevalier) traverse the country on a comic, sentimental journey - bickering, fighting and re-opening old wounds, while also testing out a new kind of friendship.
The late Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson star in Wes Anderson's glorious story of family dysfunction.
Hackman is patriarch Royal Tenenbaum, whose children with his estranged wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) were all prodigies - Chas (Ben Stiller) a preternaturally gifted international financier, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright in high school and Richie (Luke Wilson) a junior champion tennis player. But virtually all memory of their brilliance has been erased by decades of betrayal and disaster - most of which is generally considered to be Royal's fault. So the stage is set for their sudden, unexpected reunion one winter.
Pitched between heartbreak and hilarity, cynicism and earnestness, Anderson's elaborately designed, Cousteau-inspired tragicomedy riffs on both life's vicissitudes and its potential for joy.
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) has sworn vengeance upon the elusive, treacherous, possibly non-existent jaguar shark that devoured a member of his crew. Alongside his regular team, he's joined on his quest by Ned (Owen Wilson), a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane (Cate Blanchett), a journalist pregnant by a married man. Together they quixotically travel the seas, running into pirates and, somewhat more traumatically, figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife Eleanor (Anjelica Huston).
