For Anderson, the storytelling is the story...

[The] visual presentation and rapid-fire dialogue make [it] instantly recognizable as Anderson’s, but [the] tone takes him into territory so unexpected it might be disorienting if his hand were not so sure.

Lest viewers become even briefly comfortable with the enchantments of his staging and of his actors’ performances, Anderson jolts them alert with ever more audacious contrivances.

My only hope after watching The Swan is that Anderson will consider making a full-length horror picture.