Wes Anderson’s first ten features represent twenty-five years of irrepressible creativity, an ongoing ode to outsiders and quixotic dreamers, and a world unto themselves, graced with a mischievous wit and a current of existential melancholy that flows through every captivating frame. This momentous twenty-disc collector’s set includes new 4K masters of the films, over twenty-five hours of special features, and ten illustrated books, presented in a deluxe clothbound edition.

Here are some pictures of the most splendid set; the hallmark of Criterion’s physical media releases have always been their excellent design, and this box-set exemplifies exactly that.

I’ve always been a big fan of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and have been waiting ( and hoping ) for a very long time for a 4K UHD upgrade. I would have gladly settled for just this one film, but the opportunity to upgrade the director’s 25 years of filmography to 4K was not a bad notion in itself.

(image above) Lovely cover art designs from The French Dispatch ( 2021 ), perhaps a nod to the real-life cover art work for The New Yorker magazine. I highly recommend checking out the art/making of book for the film which showcase all these beautiful covers in a much bigger print size.

Unboxing for @Criterion's 'The Wes Anderson Archive – 10 Films, 25 Years'. All in glorious 4K UHD ! Imma watch Royal Tenenbaums first ofc, still my fav WA film. Will post more pictures on my blog later on.
The box is on a big discount now; purchase link in comments below 👇 pic.twitter.com/xIcJZVwb0m

— blauereiter (@blauereiter) November 11, 2025

At the time of writing this post, I’ve so far only re-visited The Royal Tenenbaums, and the improvement in video quality from regular SD blu-ray to 4K UHD is certainly detectable, though the difference is not jarringly big. I’ve read however that for Fantastic Mr. Fox the improvement is significant, so I’m planning on watching that next.

I’m not entirely sure if the extras and making of features that comes with each film are identical to the existing standalone releases or have been appended as well; I’ll report back if this is the case at a later time.

All in all, this is a fantastic box-set that will certainly delight Wes Anderson fans, and comes highly recommended.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

– New 4K digital masters of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
– Ten 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and ten Blu-rays with the films and special features
– Over twenty-five hours of special features, including audio commentaries, interviews, documentaries, deleted scenes, auditions, short films, home movies, commercials, storyboards, animation tests, archival recordings, still photographs, discussions/analyses, and visual essays
– English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: Essays by Richard Brody, James L. Brooks, Bilge Ebiri, Moeko Fujii, Kent Jones, Dave Kehr, Geoffrey O’Brien, Martin Scorsese, and Erica Wagner



This is yet another 4K release by Criterion that really delivers, and the main presentation is absolutely gorgeous. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and will be re-visiting again and again for sure. My highest recommendations.

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