But the impetus to make Britten integral to Moonrise Kingdom was all Anderson's. The film's duo protagonists, 12-year-olds Sam and Suzy, first meet at a rehearsal for a production of Britten's Noye's ...

Bookended by Benjamin Britten’s stirring “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” this is the most subtle, supple, deftly stylized fantasy from Wes Anderson. It happens on an island where scouting ...

“Moonrise Kingdom“ opens with no music - just the sound of raindrops falling on the roof of a preternaturally cozy house, which the camera gently leads the audience through as the family members ...

"Moonrise Kingdom" opens on the colorful knit portrait of a beachside manse, and there's no better intro to this bright, bewitching island fable streaked with yellow. By any definition, it's a yarn: ...

All narrative filmmakers, pretty much by definition, create artificial simulations of the world. Most of these simulations obey certain accepted conventions most of the time, which allow us to view ...

Romance. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. (PG-13. 94 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Moonrise Kingdom" opens on the colorful knit portrait of a beachside manse, and ...

HE ISN’T LISTED on the back cover, but it makes total sense that Peter Becker, president of The Criterion Collection, sits in with Wes Anderson et al for “Moonrise Kingdom’s” casual, off-beat ...

How the music of British composer Benjamin Britten inspired Wes Anderson's latest film — and some fanciful theories about its significance. Music by British composer Benjamin Britten plays a ...