What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?

You're not interested in art?

No.

Now look, we're going to do this thing.

We're going to have a conversation.

A film spotters, Adam and Josh here.

The film spotting archive has reviews of West Anderson films going back to 2007's, the Darjeeling Limited, plus

sacred cow reviews of Rushmore and the Royal Tenemobbs.

With Anderson's latest, the Phoenician scheme now in theaters, we're sharing our review

of his previous feature, 23's Asteroid City.

From June 2023, here's that review.

Junior stargazers and space cadets.

Each year we celebrate Asteroid Day, commemorating September 23rd, 3007 BC when the Arid Plains

meteorite made Earth impact.

Let's start this discussion by doing what every character, and we meet a lot of them,

is trying to do in Asteroid City. Get our bearings. Wes Anderson's latest is a play within a play that's also a TV

show? Okay, that probably wasn't helpful. Let's try this. Actress Scarlett Johansson portrays

fictional actress Midge Campbell, who comes out West to Asteroid City with her junior stargazing

star daughter.

Midge Campbell?

Well, she's played by an actress from back east named Mercedes Ford.

So, as Anderson himself has explained, you're ultimately seeing an actress playing an

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