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Wes Anderson’s 12th movie is now playing. Here’s what you need to know about how to watch The Phoenician Scheme.

As someone attuned to the distinct styles of auteur filmmakers, I came to Wes Anderson’s latest offering The Phoenician Scheme intrigued, feeling a mix of distance and familiarity.

THE COUNTDOWN: As the man behind ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and ‘Asteroid City’ unveils his latest film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Clarisse Loughrey ranks the output so far from one of modern cinema’s most aesthetically rich and emotionally astute filmmakers

Benicio del Toro proves he should always lead a Wes Anderson film.

IN FOCUS: The celebrated filmmaker conjures up incredibly detailed jewellery box dioramas across his movies, from ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ to this week’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’. Clarisse Loughrey speaks to his longtime set decorator Anna Pinnock about bringing his meticulous dreamscapes to life

Streaming used to be easy. Now it feels like a full-time job

It might look like a platform for the films ‘produced in foreign lands’ that Donald Trump despises. But a surprising number of pictures at this year’s festival side with the locally rooted over cosmopolitan elites

COMMENT: As the celebrated auteur unveils another ornate wisp of a film in this week’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Adam White asks if he has become too big to fail – and if the familiarity of his style is masking his recent evolution as a writer

The espionage farce features all of its author’s flourishes, but none of the charm or self-reflection.