Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian director renowned for bringing ambitious science fiction to the screen, from the linguistic puzzle of Arrival through the dystopian sequel Blade Runner 2049 to the epic adaptation of Dune. I have reviewed 3 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 2.5★
Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune has spent decades being called unfilmable, which is either a challenge or a warning depending on who you ask. David Lynch found out the hard way in 1984, producing a film so chaotic and misshapen that Herbert himself reportedly walked out of an
Genre Drama
★★★ — Arrival (2016)
Genre Drama
★★★★½ — Prisoners (2013)
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