(Re-Release)Criterion | The Grand Budapest Hotel

For this Criterion, Matt and James check back into Wes Anderson’s meticulously crafted world with the Criterion re-release of The Grand Budapest Hotel. A decade after its original debut, the film remains one of Anderson’s most celebrated works, blending comedy, melancholy, and dazzling visual design into a story about memory, friendship, and a world on the verge of change. The conversation dives into the performances that give the film its heart, the stylistic flourishes that make it uniquely Anderson, and why the Criterion treatment feels like a perfect match for this modern classic. Looking at both its legacy and its lasting charm, we explore how The Grand Budapest Hotel continues to stand tall as a high point in twenty-first-century cinema.