Over the weekend, I had conversations in meat space regarding this film and so I wrote the following analysis in response.

I doubt I'll be writing anything else about ASTEROID CITY. Also, I apologize for inflicting this on visitors to this reddit, but who knows? Maybe someone with a lengthy commute via mass transit, a wait for a medical appointment, or insomnia will find it useful:

“I fell behind on watching new Wes Anderson movies sometime after THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, so was glad to finally see this one. Not only did I like it, but it might be my favorite of his films so far, which I realize might be sacrilegious to some (And to be fair, I still need to watch THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, so who knows, I might be back in a week with a brand new essay featuring that title in place of ASTEROID CITY in the header).

Through chatting with fellow cinephiles and browsing on movie-related subreddits, the main complaints I’ve seen about ASTEROID CITY have included: 1) Its framing device doesn’t add anything and is…