Directed by Wes Anderson, 2025, United States, Rated PG-13, 105 min.

Wes Anderson’s ensemble espionage dark comedy The Phoenician Scheme unfolds in an alternate‑1950s Middle Eastern setting named “Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia.” Benicio del Toro stars as Anatole “Zsa‑Zsa” Korda, an empire-building magnate leading a colonial‑style aristocracy. The cast includes Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more. The plot interweaves a satirical take on colonial ambition with absurdist whimsy and a dramatic father-daughter storyline at its core.

Munson Film Series is sponsored by M&T Bank and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.