Fantastic Mr Fox is one of the best films of the year. Some people hate the fact that the Foxes are American but it didn’t bother me. I loved how they had “Heroes & Villains” by the Beach Boys as the opening song.
I wonder what my pal William Bennett thinks about it. He’s an artist / musician of some high regard in the world of electronic music and he also has a great blog where he reviews modern and old films in a refreshingly succinct way. EG: “Couples Retreat: a two-hour chortle-free zone.”
He also points out great, esoteric foreign art films that are nothing whatsoever like this:
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