In Isle of Dogs, a new stop-motion animated film from writer-director Wes Anderson, Japan is hit by an epidemic of dog flu and Mayor Kobayashi issues a decree that all the dogs of the city must be exiled to a remote island.

In exile, the dogs must band together to survive as they search for a way back home. Based on a story by Anderson and Roman Coppola, the film features the voice talents of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Kunichi Nomura and Greta Gerwig.

The film had its world premiere at the …