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The eight Wes Anderson films you need to see (and his great American Express ad)

The trailer for The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson’s latest film, which is now in a cinema near you, doesn’t promise greatness. It looks suspiciously like a film that is clotted with Wes-isms, visual and stylistic tics that overpower whatever the story might be trying to tell us. Here's our favourites instead

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