It’s strange: With Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve has a bigger budget, a more talented cast and crew, a script that he did not write himself, a new language to film in, an entirely new genre
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Prisoners (2013)
Author: Dan Stalcup
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Incendies (2010)
Denis Villeneuve spends Incendies creating a tension between docudrama and melodrama
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Toast (2010)
Toast is a fluffy and bittersweet English dramedy set in the 1960s, following the story of a talented teenage chef as he navigates the loss of his mother and his passion for cooking.
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Madame Web (2024)
Remember last year when half of y’all decided that Moonfall was a lovably dopey and charming throwback blockbuster?
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Polytechnique (2009)
A few nights ago, I drafted (then deleted) a review of Polytechnique that concluded my thoughts with: “Oh yeah, and I am the survivor of a school shooting with a lot of similarities to this one, and I’m not really sure if that changed how I felt about it.”
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Maelstrom (2000)
Denis Villeneuve’s second film, Maelstrom, is a bizarre odyssey that dives fearlessly into some of the darkest corners of the human experience, but with a smirk.
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August 32nd on Earth (1998)
Given that the only reason pretty much anyone would seek out this film in 2024 is because it is the debut film by a successful blockbuster director, I will put this up front
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The Book of Clarence (2023)
The Book of Clarence is a thought-provoking and ambitious sophomore film by director Jeymes Samuel following the slick but straightforward western The Harder They Fall.
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My daughter and I wrote a book!
Hey film friends, I’m excited to share that my six-year-old daughter Eleanor and I wrote a kids fantasy chapter book together.
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
The Zone of Interest, the latest by Jonathan Glazer, is one of the grand cinematic achievements of 2023 — and, like his last film, nearly as frustrating to watch as it is great.