Innocence in Amber: Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom

Rich Juzwiak · 05/26/12 04:30PM

The setting of Wes Anderson's seventh full-length feature, Moonrise Kingdom, couldn't be more crucial. The film takes place on the fictitious New England island of New Penzance in the 1960's. This is a place and time tucked away from harsh realities that understands them only vaguely. The two pubescent children at the center of the story, Suzy (Kara Hayward) and Sam (Jared Gilman), have problems with fitting in and acting out, but the closest anyone gets to putting a label on it is "troubled" (as seen on a book Suzy confiscates from her parents, Coping with the Very Troubled Child). That only scratches the surface of the alienation that comes from his being orphaned and the rage that provokes her to set things on fire and injure people.

The Best Videos of the Week

Matt Toder · 05/26/12 11:30AM

Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.

Vatican Documents Leak: The Butler Did It

Louis Peitzman · 05/26/12 09:37AM

OK, it's not quite The Da Vinci Code or even The Godfather: Part III, but a scandal rocking the Vatican is aways better than no scandal rocking the Vatican.

Bill Maher Wonders Why the Right Is So Mad At Obama When He Is Too

Matt Toder · 05/25/12 10:54PM

On tonight's Real Time, Bill Maher closed with a rant about the claim that President Obama is radical in his views. It makes little sense to Maher that the right has such a problem with Obama when Obama hasn't exactly been the bastion of liberal ideology some thought he would be.