Wes Anderson’s latest movie lacks a compelling, comprehensible storyline, or characters viewers would care about.

Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is coming to digital this month. Find out when, where, and how you can watch it.

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

The Phoenician Scheme does not disappoint on this front. It’s a thrill to see longtime collaborators like Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe pop up in a black-and-white series of heavenly visions.

With The Phoenician Scheme, Anderson has returned to his frequent Focus Features stomping grounds, and the studio set a limited release date of May 30 with wide release to follow on June 6.

Maybe “The Phoenician Scheme” is Anderson’s way of saying that stealing something beautiful in the name of “innovation” comes at a great cost, not just to the original artist but to the ...

The Phoenician Scheme, the 12th theatrical film that Anderson has directed, opens for a limited release in theaters today, May 30, and then opens wide across the nation on June 6 (get tickets now!).

The plot of The Phoenician Scheme is impenetrable. It opens with the movie’s central character, Benicio del Toro ’s Zsa-zsa Korda, surviving his umpteenth plane crash/assassination attempt.

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“The Phoenician Scheme,” a Focus Features release, has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association “for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking ...

Still, Anderson’s sheer creative style and typical ability to entertain keeps “The Phoenician Scheme” from ever feeling stale. An uninspired Wes Anderson movie is still more inspired than almost any ...