Isle of Dogs

Saw Isle of Dogs, a Wes Anderson stop-motion film about an alternate universe Japan where all dogs have been banished to trash island due to the canine flu.  The protagonist is a dog who is trying to help a human boy, Atari, to find his missing body-guard dog, Spots.  The film is adorable and the dogs are adorably self-serious, as is typical of Wes Anderson.

The film is mostly a romp.  The dogs are of course adorable and there's a contingent of humans who are trying to help them out via political machinations.  In the Wes Anderson universe everything is tidy and cute, even acts of bravery and selflessness are done in a glib, almost mechanical way.  Self-perception is always treated way more seriously than actual actions.  It's very satisfying and kind of low-key hilarious.

On last thing: in an early sequence when Spots first meets Atari, Spots keeps repeating "I can hear you."  and he's so sincere and so earnest.  Ah, my heart!