Hotel Chevalier

At the end of The Darjeeling Limited, Jack has written the end of a short story and it is essentially the majority of the short film Hotel Chevalier. Francis reads it and comments that it is hard to judge without... Full review

Designed as a semi-independent prelude to "The Darjeeling Limited", "Hotel Chevalier" proves that ten minutes of Wes Anderson's wizardry are worth more than many another big-budget director's feature-length film. It's a study in the pain and the lust only love... Full review

This is the best short film I have even seen. Not that I've seen that many, but I've seen a few.The direction, the acting and the writing (or, perhaps -no, definitely- the UNDERSTATEMENT in the writing and the acting) is... Full review

One very interesting and satisfying thing about Anderson's "The Darjeeling Limited" is that it is preceded by a complete prequel short film, entitled "Hotel Chevalier." It is set entirely in the real Hotel Raphael in Paris, France, and it's accompanied... Full review

Hokay... if you've gone to the theatre to see Darjeeling Limited lately, it is preceded by this short film prologue to the feature presentation. Though shot before The Darjeeling Limited, apparently the idea behind it is to create a better... Full review

This was a beautiful little film that that plays out like one Truffaut's Antoine Donielle films. Not only is it the perfect prequel to (the wonderful) "The Darjeeling Limited", but it is a self-contained simple and moving story.This whole "New... Full review

Hotel Chevalier is the kind of thing Wes Anderson could've written in his sleep- or for that matter written in his sleep while on the plane from the US to France to shoot in two days and edit on his... Full review

Really a beautiful short piece of enticement, with tone and sight and sound and dialogue all letting you know that there's a story here, while only hinting at the many things that story might be. And it captures a particular... Full review

This is a wonderful short film to introduce us to one of the main characters in Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited. A broken romance sends Jack (Jason Schwartzman) off to a Paris hotel to lick his wounds it seems.... Full review

One of the things i've always liked about Wes Anderson is how well he can subtly imply certain characteristics or histories in a dry sort of humor. This film accomplishes that in a more pronounced scale than a longer film... Full review

Anderson begins our trip by a short film in which we meet Jack and his ex-girlfriend (Natalie Portman) at the Hotel Chevalier in Paris. Though many of the situations border on the hilarious, nothing is played for laughs; the characters' plights and the people surrounding them are deadly serious. ... Full Review

Melbourne, Dec 10 (ANI): Fans of Star Wars star Natalie Portman will get to see her bare all in her newest movie Hotel Chevalier directed by Wes Anderson. However, it was the faith she had in Anderson and her role in the movie that had Portman getting comfortable with the idea of shedding her clothes. ... Full Review

That is what happened to Natalie Portman and her much ballyhooed nude scene in Wes Anderson\'s Darjeeling Limited prequel, Hotel Chevalier . That is what happened to Natalie Portman and her much ballyhooed nude scene in Wes Anderson\'s Darjeeling Limited prequel, Hotel Chevalier . ... Full Review

Natalie Portman has admitted that she regrets going nude in the film Hotel Chevalier . Portman regrets nude movie scenes The actress told WENN : "I'm really sorry I didn't listen to my intuition. ... Full Review

But certain references to the backstory for the romantically troubled character played by Jason Schwartzman will make more sense if you check out the short film " Hotel Chevalier," which serves as a prologue, and which was shown at previews of the film. ... Full Review

THANKS to a new generation of viewers more conversant with YouTube than with appointment television, the short subject seems to be making a comeback. "Hotel Chevalier," Wes Anderson's 13-minute prequel to "The Darjeeling Limited," was added to the feature's theatrical... ... Full Article

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If you saw The Darjeeling Limited at a film festival , you also had the opportunity to see Wes Anderson's prequel short, Hotel Chevalier , which introduces Jason Schwartzman's Darjeeling character and the neuroses he's dealing with in the longer... ... Full Article

Most moviegoers below a certain age have no memory of seeing short films before the main feature. It's a lost genre, though a few filmmakers try to bring it back every now and then. ... Full Article

As it's chugged across the country, Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited has performed just fine at the box office in limited engagements. The latest figures show that it averaged $6,534 each on 202 screens this past weekend; those are not... ... Full Article