We saw it. The rumors are true.

Isle of Dogs is fabulous.

Caveats:

• I have really liked every Wes Anderson movie I have seen (Rushmore and The Life Aquatic).
• I laughed throughout, not from joy but from bemusement and admiration.
• I really like movies that are mannered and stylized.
• I go into Japanese stationery shops, and when no one is looking I lick the notebooks.

The Atlantic unpacks the Japan angle here.