The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 British-German dramatic-comedy film written and directed by Wes Anderson. It stars Ralph Fiennes [who looks a lot like Stefan Zweig] as a concierge who works in conjunction with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he had been framed for murder. Wes Anderson wrote the screenplay, directed the film and was one of its producers. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric and Adrien Brody et al. Music by Alexandre Desplat. Filmed in Germany and the United Kingdom. Language English. Released in February 2014 [Germany] and March 2014 [United Kingdom and United States]. For further information see: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Budapest_Hotel. The film was inspired by some of the works of Zweig, especially The World of Yesterday, Beware of Pity, and Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman. See: "A Conversation with Wes Anderson" [A conversation between George Prochnik and Wes Anderson] in The Society of the Crossed Keys [2014], pp. (7)-26. See also: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_grand_budapest_hotel/ Contains 27 reviews from the following critics below:

Some Reviews and Related articles:

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Anderson, Jeffrey M. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' checks in" in San Francisco Examiner [San Francisco, CA / Online], 14 March 2014

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See: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/the-grand-budapest-hotel-checks-in/Content?oid

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Anderson, Melissa. "Resort Card: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Artforum International Magazine [New York, NY], 6 March 2014. See: http://www.artforum.com/film/id=45630

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Bennett, Bruce. "Grand and grandiose" in Mad About Movies [Online], 20 April 2014. See: http://www.madaboutmovies.org/grand-budapest-hotel/

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Binol, Özkan. "Anderson at His Best in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Daily Sabah [Istanbul], 18 June 2014. See: http://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2014.04/26/anderson-at-his-best-in-the-grand-budapest-hotel

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Brenner, Jules. "A howler of serio-comedy from the mind and heart of Wes Anderson. A must go! 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Cinema Signals Movie Review [Online]. See: http://variagate.com/grandbud.htm?RT

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Cook, Linda. "Check into Anderson's eccentric 'Hotel'" in The Quad-City Times [Davenport, IA], 7 April 2014. See: http://qctimes.com/entertainment/columnists/linda-cook/check-into-anderson-s-eccentric-hotel

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Giroux, Jack. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' Review: A Dark, Exciting Zaniness Pervades Wes Anderson's Latest Ensemble" in FilmSchoolRejects [Online], 5 March 2014. See: http://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/the-grand-budapest-hotel.php

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Glasson, Tom. "The Grand Budapest Hotel at Various cinemas in Melbourne" in Concrete Playground [Redfern, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand], 10 April 2014. See: http://melbourne.concreteplayground.com.au/event/197958/the-grand-budapest-hotel.htme

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Howard, Blake. "Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson - 2014)" in Graffiti With Punctuation [Online], 12 April 2014. See: http://www.graffitiwithpunctuation.net/2014/04/12/review-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson

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Kahn, Howie. "The Life Aesthetic. With the release of his eighth feature film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson takes another imaginative leap into a world of his own invention" in The Wall Street Journal Magazine [New York, NY], Issue 45 [March 2014], pp. 72-75. Photography by Angelo Pennetta

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Keefe, Brad. "Anderson goes grand in 'Budapest Hotel'" in Columbus Alive [Columbus, OH], 20 March 2014. See: http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2014/03/20/movie-review-wes-anderson-goes-grand-in-Budapest-Hotel

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Kemper, Anna. "Das Chaotische ist natürlich" in Die Zeit Magazin [Hamburg], No. 7 [6 February 2014], pp. 39-41. An interview with Wes Anderson. See: http://www.zeit.de/2014/07/berlinale-wes-anderson-grand-budapest-hotel

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Kennedy, Lisa. "'Grand Budapest Hotel' unfurls in a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Zubrowka" in The Denver Post [Denver, CO],14 March 2014. Updated 19 March 2013. See: http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_25330429/grand-budapest-hotel-unfurls-mad-mad

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Knight, Richard, Jr. "Knight at the Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Windy City Times [Chicago, IL], 12 March 2014. See: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Knight-at-the-Movies-The-Grand-Budapest-Hotel

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Lacey, Liam. "The Grand Budapest Hotel: A zippy, abstract, madcap tiumph from Wes Anderson" in The Glode and Mail [Toronto, Ontario], 14 March 2014. Updated 19 March 2014. See: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/.../article17477451

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Long, Tom. "Looks, laughs are enough in nutty 'Grand Budapest Hotel'" in The Detroit News [Detroit, MI], 21 March 2014. See: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140321/ENT02/303210019

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Martain, Tim. "Hilarity on a grand scale in The Grand Budapest Hotel" in The Mercury [Online], 11 April 2014. See: http://www.themercury.com.au/entertainment/hilarity-on-a-grand-scale-in-the-grand-budapest-hotel

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McCarthy, John P. " The Art of Hospitality. Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in America Magazine [The National Catholic Review] [New York, NY], 7 April 2014. See: http://americamagazine.org/issue/art-hospitality

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Neal, Matt. "Film review: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in The Standard [New York], 2 May 2014. See: http://www.standard.net.au/story/2254953/film-review-the-grand-budapest-hotel/?cs=502

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Orr, Christopher. "The Sober Frivolity of The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson's latest film is among his daffiest - and also, arguably, his most grown up" in The Atlantic [Washington, D. C.], 14 March 2014. See: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/.../284410/

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Pappademas, Alex. "Up in the Droll Hotel: Wes Anderson's (Minor, Precious, But Really Kind of Great) Latest" in Grantland [Los Angeles, CA], 7 March 2014. See: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/up-in-the-droll-hotel-wes-andersons-minor-precious...

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Pond, Neil. "A Great Escape. Wes Anderson's latest romp is a quirky, colorful movie getaway" in American Profile [Franklin, TN], 29 April 2014. See: http://www.neilsentertainmentpicks.com/2014/04/29/a-great-escape/

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Proyect, Louis. "The Return of Stefan Zweig" in Counterpunch [Petrolia, CA], 21 April 2014. See: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/21/the-return-of-stefan-zweig

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Rodriguez, Rene. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. A funny, sublime action-adventure from writer-director Wes Anderson" in Miami Herald [Miami, FL], 21 March 2014. See: http://www.miami.com/039the-grand-budapest-hotel/039-r-article

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Romney, Jonathan. "Film of the Week: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Film Comment [New York, NY], 12 March 2014. See: http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/film-of-the-week-the-grand-budapest-hotel

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Roten, Robert. "Laramie Movie Scope: The Grand Budapest Hotel. A wacky screwball comedy" in Laramie Movie Scope [Laramie, WY. Online], 8 May 2014. See: http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/new/grndbuda.html

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Schneider, Janet. "Under the spell of 'Grand Budapest Hotel' director Wes Anderson" in Indianapolis Star [Indianapolis, IN], 18 March 2014. See: http://indy.st/1gLniP&text=Under-the-spell-of-Grand-Budapest-Hotel

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Scholes, Lucy. "Wes Anderson's Austrian Muse: Stefan Zweig" in The Daily Beast [New York, NY], 26 Febraury 2014. See: http://www.thedailybeast.com/.../wes-anderson-s-austrian-muse-stefan-zweig.html

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Teachout, Terry. "One War, Two Fates" in Wall Street Journal [New York, NY], 263:131 [6 June 2014], p. D12. See: http://online.wsj.com/articles/sightings-one-war-two-fates-1402017265

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Vaux, Rob. "Blu-ray Review: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. Wes Anderson delivers a delight" in Mania Beyond Entertainment [Hollywood OmniBook. Online], 26 June 2014. See: http://www.mania.com/bluray-review-grand-budapest-hotel_article_139993.html

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Villaça, Pablo. "O Grande Hotel Budapest". See: http://www.cinemaemcena.com.br/plus/modulos/filme/ver.php?cdfilme=12442

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Williams, Joe. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' offers a cinematic staycation" in The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch [St. Louis, MO], 20 March 2014. See: http://www.stltoday.com/...grand-budapest-hotel.../