Like so much of his work, Wes Anderson's new movie "The Phoenician Scheme" (2025) has a star-studded cast. But as always, while I was watching it at the Kult Kino in Basel this evening, Anderson's stylized sets and geometrical cinematography, and the excellent performances, captivated me so much that I hardly ever found myself identifying such actors as Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, or Scarlett Johansson. I did notice Willem Dafoe, but I always notice him in Anderson movies. Still, one actor's shaggy gray beard seemed like Anderson was heavy-handedly joking that he was trying but failing to disguise him, so all I could keep thinking was that it was Benedict Cumberbatch. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 9 June 2025)