Like Jacques Tati, Woody Allen, Luis Bunuel there can be no mistaking a movie directed and written by Wes Anderson. An auteur in the truest sense of the word, Anderson is as much a painter with words and visuals that put us unquestionably into part of a brain that sees the world the way he wants to see it.

With remarkable regularity, Anderson has been crafting movies uniquely his own since his 1996 debut, “Bottle Rocket.” There are variations.

An A-list ensemble, including Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Benedict Cumberbatch and Riz Ahmed, star in Anderson's new espionage comedy, screening in competition in Cannes.