In his latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, however, Balaban technically doesn’t have a character – which he tells THR made his job tougher than usual. “You can’t do nothing,” Balaban says of ...

But what does Anderson make of all this? Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Or is it flattening the art of his ...

If there are a thousand, different shots in Moonrise Kingdom, there could very well be a thousand, hysterical moments. Whether they be characters acting and reacting in the foreground or something ...

“Moonrise Kingdom” opened the Cannes Film Festival ... so it’s not a surprise to hear Anderson say he holds one of the main characters closest to his heart. The director’s next film ...

Focus Features have issued seven brand new character posters for their forthcoming ensemble drama Moonrise Kingdom. The posters, each focusing on one (or in one case two) of the leads, offer us a ...

Movie characters, like any other artistic product, hold the essence of their creator within themselves. They are fiction birthed from reality, an extension of consciousness. So, at its core, “Moonrise ...

“Moonrise Kingdom” is not a drastic departure from ... It was so easy for Anderson and his characters. They could exteriorize their outsiderness in simple ways, with dollhouse-like sets ...

Anderson recently told the New York Times that the girl who inspired Suzy’s character was never even aware of his affections, and that explains a lot. “Moonrise Kingdom” is nothing if not a ...

Its characters simmer with understated angst ... may find it insufferable. Also: Discuss "Moonrise Kingdom" with John Serba for his My 2 Cents movie-chat series, 1 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at ...

telling details designed to reveal the character of those within; nothing within the frame escapes his control. The monomaniacal fussiness makes “Moonrise Kingdom” an indulgent movie ...

Moonrise Kingdom epitomizes this paradox ... that makes every Anderson film surreal and strange—as do its unusual characters: Typical of Anderson, these exaggerated characters are both larger ...