The French Dispatch brings out dazzling star power at Cannes

The stars were out in force for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which made a dazzling debut at the Cannes Film Festival (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

The stars were out in force for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which made a dazzling debut at the Cannes Film Festival.

Delayed by the pandemic, the long-awaited comedy-drama is an ode to journalism and tells the story of a foreign outpost of a fictional American newspaper.