Plenty of times in my movie-watching life, my first reaction to a film has been that it’s like watching two movies tussling for control.
Author: Dan Stalcup
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Sicario (2015)
I’ve seen Denis Villeneuve compared to Christopher Nolan on multiple occasions, and I think there’s some truth to the comparison.
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Enemy (2013)
I really wish that I loved Enemy more than I did.
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Prisoners (2013)
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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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