An A-list ensemble, including Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Benedict Cumberbatch and Riz Ahmed, star in Anderson's new espionage comedy, screening in competition in Cannes.

With remarkable regularity, Anderson has been crafting movies uniquely his own since his 1996 debut, “Bottle Rocket.”

Wes Anderson, who shot his fourth Cannes premiere, The Phoenician Scheme, at Babelsburg in Germany, was called to the carpet in the press room about his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s suggest film tariffs.