Synopsis: A playful comedy of lost love, friendship, revenge fantasies, and Brandy Alexanders. Charles is a successful graphic designer whose fame, money and charm have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. When his true love, a perplexing beauty named Ivana, suddenly breaks off their relationship, Charles’ life falls apart, and he swirls into a downward spiral of doubt, confusion and reflection. With the support of his loyal intimates—Kirby, Saul, and his sister, Izzy—he begins the hard road of self-evaluation to come to terms with a life without Ivana. The film begs the question: Is it possible to love and hate someone at the same time?

The very first trailer for A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III is now available to view, free of charge.  The theatrical trailer is packed with strange, surreal happenings.  Despite the headline image, however, it doesn't have all that much Bill Murray.

What's better than four teaser posters for A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III?  That's right, five teaser posters for next year's comedy, each retro poster featuring just one suggestive image per poster.  With a single actor's name adorning each, this batch is basically a bunch of character posters, but without the characters.

Tomorrow, we as a nation will gather for dinner with our families and express our gratitude for Bill Murray's decades of invaluable sarcasm and wit.  So let's a get a jump on appreciating Murray with a new image from A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III with national treasure Murray in a little cowboy outfit.

With Moonrise Kingdom continuing to successfully expand in ever more theaters nationwide, a new promotional short film set within the sepia-toned 1965 world of the film has landed online.  Directed by co-writer and director Wes Anderson, this short makes excellent use of regular Anderson collaborator Jason Schwartzman as Cousin Ben, Camp Lebanon's finest Khaki Scout Master and lowball entrepreneur.

Already in theaters in limited release is the new film from visionary writer/director Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) called Moonrise Kingdom. Anderson co-wrote the film with his occasional collaborator Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited), and it also features performances from Rushmore alumni Bill Murray (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), and Jason Schwartzman (Fantastic Mr. Fox), both of who have made several films with the director previously. In addition to Murray and Schwartzman, the film features several actors who have never worked with Anderson before including Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk), Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction), Bob Balaban (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Oscar-winners Frances McDormand (Fargo), and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), as well as young newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the immense pleasure of sitting down and chatting with actor Bob Balaban about his work on Moonrise Kingdom. The distinguished actor discussed his new film, joining Wes Anderson's troupe of actors, comparisons to frequent collaborator Christopher Guest's group of actors, Anderson's unique directing style, Alfred Hitchcock, the difficult challenge of playing the film's narrator, and how he emotionally related to the other characters in the movie. 

Already in theaters in limited release is the new film from visionary writer/director Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) called Moonrise Kingdom. Anderson co-wrote the film with his occasional collaborator Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited), and it also features performances from Rushmore alumni Bill Murray (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), and Jason Schwartzman (Fantastic Mr. Fox), both of who have made several films with the director previously. In addition to Murray and Schwartzman, the film features several actors who have never worked with Anderson before including Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk), Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction), Bob Balaban (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), Oscar-winners Frances McDormand (Fargo), and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), as well as young newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the immense pleasure of sitting down and chatting with director Wes Anderson, via satellite from London, about his work on Moonrise Kingdom. The impressive director discussed his new film, how he feels about it being described as Romeo and Juliet meets Rushmore, casting the film's young actors, inviting a new group of actors into his cinematic world, and why he likes working with constant collaborators Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman. 

Here's a Moonrise Kingdom-based treat, even for those unfortunate moviegoers who can find no joy in the fantastically detailed cinematic worlds of Wes Anderson.  Said treat is a new video featurette that does include new material from the film but is mostly Bill Murray hanging out on the set and riffing about the movie like the world's foremost smartass. 

Moonrise Kingdom is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this Wednesday, and with less than two weeks until the film starts rolling out in select cities Stateside, it's time to start getting psyched.  In order to facilitate psychedness, Focus Features has released no fewer than four behind-the-scenes featurettes, all of them executed in the style of director Wes Anderson.  Each one is hosted by a noticeably amused Bob Balaban, who also narrates the film.

Ever since Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes, the usual joy I feel when seeing Bill Murray anywhere, in anything, is accompanied by the immortal exclamation of Wu-Tang's GZA in that film: "Bill-Groundhog Day-Ghostbustin'-ass-Murray!"  Needless to say, this sprang to mind during a new behind the scenes featurette for the latest from director and co-writer Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom.