THE ANDERSONS: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of the f-slur, homophobia, sex, immigration, war, fascism.

It’s rare that a movie comes along and surprises us so much that we can’t help but swoon, but Wes Anderson really hit us with this movie. I mean where else are you going to see the grand sweeping design of 1930’s Eastern Europe with a rakish Ralph Fiennes, a delightfully deadpan Tony Revolori, and a super-Irish and adorable Saorsie Ronan? And that’s just the cast that gets top billing; there’s a dozen or more massive movie stars that just get peppered throughout this movie. But it’s Wes’ adaptation and vision that make this movie a genuinely delightful adventure, and on par artistically with all of his previous work. Spray on some L’Air de Panache as we wrap up our Andersons series with The Grand Budapest Hotel this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt of "Mr. Moustafa" from the motion picture score for The Grand Budapest Hotel is written and composed by Alexandre Desplat. ℗2014 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

Excerpt of "Lullaby of Broadway" dance sequence is taken from the motion picture Gold Diggers of 1935. 1935 © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.