Denis Villeneuve

Dune: Part Two – a rousing and stylish hard sci-fi sequel

By David Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya shine as mystical freedom fighters in this grandiose and often-breathtaking blockbuster.

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Dune

By David Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet excels as space prince Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s spectacular widescreen epic.

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Denis Villeneuve: ‘I’m obsessed by the idea that humans can evolve’

By Anton Bitel

Quebec’s modernist sci-fi maestro talks big screens and small gestures, and how he brought the arid world of Arrakis to life.

Dune – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet brings a commanding central presence to this stirring new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’.

LWLies 90: The Dune issue – On sale now!

By David Jenkins

Pack your stillsuits, we’re going to Arrakis for our special 90th edition dedicated to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.

Jane Campion, Paul Schrader head up Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up

By David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by big names and exciting new talent, including Pedro Almodóvar, Ana Lily Amirpour and Pablo Larraín.

Polytechnique remains a harrowing portrayal of violent misogyny

By Anton Bitel

Denis Villeneuve’s third feature, which respectfully dramatises a real-life school shooting, remains tragically relevant.

10 years on, Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies still haunts me

By Lucas Oakeley

This searing drama forced me to confront the uncomfortable reality of my relatively privileged upbringing in the Middle East.

Everything we know about Denis Villeneuve’s Dune

By Charles Bramesco

Checking in on the director’s long-gestating, Timothée Chalamet-starring sci-fi epic.

Why we need smarter sci-fi movies now more than ever

By Nathan Fidler

Filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Alex Garland are stoking our curiosity and critical thinking, but they’re in the minority.

The Columbine massacre still echoes through cinema

By Justine Smith

As a school shooting survivor, films like Elephant and Polytechnique have a special resonance for me.

Why the future is not female in science fiction cinema

By Katie Goh

Films like Blade Runner 2049 project male fantasies by placing women in roles of domestic servitude.

Remembering 1998’s Soldier: The original Blade Runner sequel

By Nadine Smith

Like Philip K Dick’s replicants, Kurt Russell’s steely-eyed space marine asks what it means to be human.

Blade Runner 2049

By David Jenkins

Denis Villeneuve tangles with Replicants in this bombastic though naggingly shallow sci-fi sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult classic.

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Artificial Intelligence in the movies: What makes us human?

By Little White Lies

Before Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas, video essayist Luís Azevedo explores a complex existential question.

Why Blade Runner 2049 feels particularly relevant in 2017

By Anastasia Miari

Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated sequel arrives a time of heightened cultural anxiety in the West.

Everything we know about Sicario sequel, Soldado

By Mark Allison

Josh Brolin and Benecio Del Toro are set to return in this continuation of Denis Villeneuve's cartel land throwdown.

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