The French Dispatch: Visiting Wes Anderson's Angoulême

The small city lies about 90 minutes north of Bordeaux and is known as the capital of graphic novels. It has turned itself into a major hub of digital arts, from video games to animated movies.

The following is a story I wrote in January 2019 about the filming of “The French Dispatch” by director Wes Anderson which opens in theaters today:

The rumors and buzz started swirling late last summer in the small French city of Angoulême: Director Wes Anderson would be filming a movie in this town starting in the fall. While there has never been offic…