What does exist is my ongoing purgatory I find myself in when trying to decide which Anderson film is my favourite - The Royal Tenenbaums? The Life Aquatic? Darjeeling Limited? But there are worst situations to be in - it’s never a bad time running a projection of Anderson film clips through my mind, overlayed by his always alluring soundtracks. As an autuer his films always promise stunning set designs - his attention to mise-en-scene always pays off, and I don’t think I’m alone in wishing I owned a house designed by the guy. Dreamy. Being an auteur can have it’s trepidations as directors can fall into the trap of essentially repeating the same film over and over again. Anderson, does not fall into this beige hole. Even with the Anderson elite of actors always reoccuring, his films remain remarkably fresh and compelling - his latest film is no exception. Isle of Dogs is Anderson’s second take at stop-motion animation, following the success of his visual rendition of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox. Anderson’s particular style in the latter crosses an aestetic combination between Where the Wild Things Are and Waltz with Bashir - it’s stunning, almost like a graphic novel. Set in a dystopian Japan, the fictional city of Megasaki banishes all the dogs to the barren wasteland of Trash Island - we can assume this becomes the Isle of Dogs (but I have been wrong before). Like most of his storylines, when all seems lost a cunning plan is put into play - often resulting in hilariously dry and ‘what could possibly go wrong’ themed antics. Looking at the trailer Anderson’s cultural compass, as usual, is on point, previewing some Japense pop culture along with other Japanese artistic tropes. The film’s muttly crew are voiced over by the likes of Bill Murray (obviously), Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, and Scarlett Johansson. Looking back through Anderson’s character style, his ensemble of actors always brings a refined frenetic style to their characters which is contrastingly executed in a subtle manner. The result works in unity with his films’ consistently dry and witty humour. Having watched the trailer an uncountable amount of times, I could not be more excited to go see Isle of Dogs. Granted getting overly excited about a film can sometimes raise your expectations too high, but Anderson hasn’t let me down yet. Isle of Dogs is out March 30.