If you say Isle of Dogs really quickly, it ends up sounding not like the jut of land in the Thames, but, rather, “I love dogs”. And if you do, Wes Anderson’s new film is your cinematic Crufts, a constantly charming story of canines in trouble and the humans who team up to help them.
The animation is set in Japan, but not as we know it. Yes, they prepare and eat sushi, as shown in a scene likely to be the year’s most horrific for vegans, but if things are bad for Japanese fish, they’re no better for their dogs. Following a disease outbreak, all breeds are banished to Trash Island, where rats eat chewed-off dog ears and food packages largely consist of
