As I review Dune: Part Two, which I quite like, I must confront a question
Tag: Denis Villeneuve
Dune (2021)
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is, above all else, an adaptation.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
There are about a dozen reasons that Blade Runner 2049 should not work.
Arrival (2016)
I’ve always loved the English language idiom of referring to the vast expanse of space as “the heavens.”
Sicario (2015)
I’ve seen Denis Villeneuve compared to Christopher Nolan on multiple occasions, and I think there’s some truth to the comparison.
Enemy (2013)
I really wish that I loved Enemy more than I did.
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
Incendies (2010)
Denis Villeneuve spends Incendies creating a tension between docudrama and melodrama
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.”
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.