What is the name of the fictional magazine edited by Arthur Howitzer Jr. in The French Dispatch?

The fictional magazine edited by Arthur Howitzer Jr. in The French Dispatch is called The French Dispatch. The film presents it as an American magazine published from the French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé.

Arthur Howitzer Jr., played by Bill Murray, founded and edits the publication. Its journalists report on art, politics, crime, and culture in a highly stylized version of postwar France. The anthology structure follows several stories connected by the magazine and its staff.

The film’s full title is The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. That longer title can cause confusion, because it refers to the magazine’s relationship with its parent newspaper in Kansas. Inside the fictional French setting, the publication is generally known simply as The French Dispatch.

Wes Anderson released the film in 2021. Its ensemble cast includes Benicio del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, and Adrien Brody, alongside Murray as the editor whose death frames the story.