Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
The French Dispatch enshrines New Yorker elitism: First, through the idea that its writing is impeccable; then its emotionally confused aristos (the ultra-bourgie types that Alan Rudolph humanized in his Dorothy Parker biopic Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle ) speciously represent the common humanity that once made Anderson’s films so poignant.
Armond White, Rich Lowry, Andrew C. McCarthy, Noah Rothman•National Review•Nov 5, 2021