While no less twee than Wes Anderson‘s earlier pictures, “Moonrise Kingdom” supplies a poignant ... Newcomer Kara Hayward plays Suzy, who lives in an overstuffed lighthouse on the East ...

Anderson admits he’s still puzzling over the success of his last film, the coming-of-age comedy “Moonrise Kingdom,” which ... the woods and the one at the play. They could only meet once ...

A blandly inexpressive title is the worst thing about Moonrise Kingdom ... The result is that the core of Kingdom — the bond between the leads played so forthrightly by newcomers Hayward ...

In his latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, however ... The role is not the first for Balaban in which he plays more of an archetype than a full-fledged character; in 2005, he played a film critic ...

Like no other filmmaker, Anderson grasps the role music plays in many young lives. In “Moonrise Kingdom,” Benjamin Britten’s 1946 “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” and the ...

So when the kids run away to an island they call Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson is right there ... a scam artist in scout’s clothing played by a stellar Jason Schwartzman, evoking his iconic role ...

Many people are rapturous over the work of Wes Anderson, and for them, I expect, Moonrise Kingdom will be nirvana ... the beach house of the girl, Suzy, played by Kara Hayward.

Actor Jared Gilman who played Sam, the “escaped Khaki Scout” in Wes Anderson‘s Moonrise Kingdom, shared a sweet ... scene when he dances with Susie [co-star Kara Hayward] in their underwear ...

They are often like watching a grown man play with people in doll houses. (Personally, I love them.) Moonrise Kingdom is one of his most accessible movies. It tells the story of two pre-teens in ...

played by Bob Balaban in a bright red trench coat and green hat, who interrupts the story from a distance. Oscar nominated actor Lucas Hedges makes one of his first on-screen appearances, playing ...

Like all of Wes Anderson’s movies, the charmingly oddball “Moonrise Kingdom” takes place in ... backstage at a school play, in a lovestruck flashback — come from different worlds.

Moonrise Kingdom epitomizes this paradox ... nostalgic—like we’ve played these parts before. They also offer insight into the family we’re observing—the literal divide between the parents ...