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LWLies #99: Asteroid City Issue

LWLies #99: The Asteroid City Issue
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Eighteen years and ninety-eight editions since The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou graced the cover of our very first issue, the stars have aligned once again, just in time for issue #99.

The Results

For this issue, we’ve embraced Wes’ love for colour, texture and hand-made craft by going all out on all things hand-made. Contact was made with the filmmaker himself, who let us in on some personal insights regarding the making of this wonderful new feature.

For this issue, we’ve embraced Wes’ love for colour, texture and hand-made craft by going all out on all things hand-made. Contact was made with the filmmaker himself, who let us in on some personal insights regarding the making of this wonderful new feature.

We speak to some of his longtime collaborators including cinematographer Robert Yeoman and leading man Jason Schwartzman, as well as brand new inductee Maya Hawke.

We speak to some of his longtime collaborators including cinematographer Robert Yeoman and leading man Jason Schwartzman, as well as brand new inductee Maya Hawke.

And as a special side-project, we put together a carefully curated itinerary of items for a special intergalactic capsule to be blasted into space as a way to educate alien species on the Wes Anderson canon.

And as a special side-project, we put together a carefully curated itinerary of items for a special intergalactic capsule to be blasted into space as a way to educate alien species on the Wes Anderson canon.

Ali Mac’s incredible portrait of Jason Schwartzman’s widowed war photographer, Augie Steenbeck, made entirely out of felt, adorns the cover of this issue. Explore her work at alimacdoodle.com.

Ali Mac’s incredible portrait of Jason Schwartzman’s widowed war photographer, Augie Steenbeck, made entirely out of felt, adorns the cover of this issue. Explore her work at alimacdoodle.com.

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This issue features a recorded message from Wes Anderson, answering a series of questions sent to him by Sophie Monks Kaufman, and we speak to cinematographer Robert Yeoman about why Wes Anderson remains a sucker for 35mm film. Hannah Strong meets Jason Schwartzman, the Wes Anderson totem whose own life mysteriously overlaps with his character in Asteroid City, and David Jenkins talks to Maya Hawke about her first-time visit to Andersonville.

This issue features a recorded message from Wes Anderson, answering a series of questions sent to him by Sophie Monks Kaufman, and we speak to cinematographer Robert Yeoman about why Wes Anderson remains a sucker for 35mm film. Hannah Strong meets Jason Schwartzman, the Wes Anderson totem whose own life mysteriously overlaps with his character in Asteroid City, and David Jenkins talks to Maya Hawke about her first-time visit to Andersonville.

Elsewhere in the mag we talk to Pedro Almodovar, Sydney Sweeney, Harris Dickinson and more stars about their latest films. We have a ton of reviews and home ent suggestions, and the second edition of Marina Ashioti’s column Sticky Gold Stars explores the queer undertow in the films of Dario Argento. Plus team LWLies report their findings from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival with a round-up of gems and new discoveries.

LWLies #99: The Asteroid City Issue – On sale now! Order your copy.

Elsewhere in the mag we talk to Pedro Almodovar, Sydney Sweeney, Harris Dickinson and more stars about their latest films. We have a ton of reviews and home ent suggestions, and the second edition of Marina Ashioti’s column Sticky Gold Stars explores the queer undertow in the films of Dario Argento. Plus team LWLies report their findings from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival with a round-up of gems and new discoveries.

LWLies #99: The Asteroid City Issue – On sale now! Order your copy.

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