Wes Anderson Royal Tenenbaums" was nominated for an Academy Award and ranked by an "Empire" poll as the 159th greatest film ever made. Anderson's next feature was "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) about a Jacques Cousteau-esque documentary filmmaker played by Bill Murray. It serves as a classic example of Anderson's style, but its critical reception was less favorable than his previous films, and its box office did not match the heights of "The Royal Tenenbaums". In September 2006, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen released a tongue-in-cheek "letter of intervention" for Anderson's artistic "malaise" following the disappointing commercial and
Anjelica Huston and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993). She received acclaim for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in the 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The Witches", and earned two Golden Globe nominations for starring as Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" (1991) and its sequel. Subsequent film credits have included "Buffalo '66" (1998), "Ever After" (1998), "Blood Work" (2002), "Daddy Day Care" (2003), "Seraphim Falls" (2006), "Choke" (2008), "50/50" (2011), and "The Cleanse" (2016). She frequently works with director Wes Anderson; their collaborations have included "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001), "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004), and "The Darjeeling Limited"