You’d be hard-pressed to find a filmmaker who has put together a finer body of work than Denis Villeneuve has since making his U.S. debut in 2013. From the mold-breaking thrillers of Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario to a murderers’ row of sci-fi films including Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and Dune, the French Canadian director’s films have amassed over $1.1 billion in worldwide box office and landed him three Oscar nominations. His winning streak is all the more impressive when you consider that he put his camera down for much of the 2000s in order to refine his cinematic identity. That nine-year gap was still flanked by a handful of lauded Canadian films, but it wasn’t until 2010’s Oscar-nominated Incendies that Villeneuve felt like he’d finally discovered his signature. Now, Dune: Part Two (March 1) is poised to be his new top grosser after effusive early reactions and reviews.
- 3/1/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in October 2017. It has since been updated with additional entries.]
Few filmmakers of the 21st century have risen to prominence and prestige with the forcefulness of Denis Villeneuve, whose seemingly unstoppable career has been bolstered by a steady balance of critical respect and commercial success. In fact, Christopher Nolan is the only other person who comes to mind, and the similarities between the two of them are hard to ignore.
For one thing, these men are both men, and that tends to be a more crucial detail than it should. For another, they’re also genuine auteurs, each committed to a clinical brand of Cinema (with a capital “C”) that’s muscular and intellectual in equal measure. Nolan is a bit more rigidly defined by his own rubric, but Villeneuve shares his gift for sublimating big ideas into even bigger spectacles and has likewise honed his skills by fluidly moving between massive blockbusters and idiosyncratic passion projects. For Nolan, those...
Few filmmakers of the 21st century have risen to prominence and prestige with the forcefulness of Denis Villeneuve, whose seemingly unstoppable career has been bolstered by a steady balance of critical respect and commercial success. In fact, Christopher Nolan is the only other person who comes to mind, and the similarities between the two of them are hard to ignore.
For one thing, these men are both men, and that tends to be a more crucial detail than it should. For another, they’re also genuine auteurs, each committed to a clinical brand of Cinema (with a capital “C”) that’s muscular and intellectual in equal measure. Nolan is a bit more rigidly defined by his own rubric, but Villeneuve shares his gift for sublimating big ideas into even bigger spectacles and has likewise honed his skills by fluidly moving between massive blockbusters and idiosyncratic passion projects. For Nolan, those...
- 2/29/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Ranking Denis Villeneuve’s Top 10 Movies From Worst to Best ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Ah, hush your discourse, aficionados of cinema! Enter into this meticulous critique of Denis Villeneuve’s cinematic oeuvre, arranged from the least to the most exquisite, as per my discerning observation. This exploration mirrors my reflections on the cinematic landscape crafted by the French-Canadian auteur. From gripping suspense dramas to contemplative science fiction masterpieces, Villeneuve’s collection is a journey through the spectrum of emotions and intellect.
Before we embark on this cinematic odyssey, remember one crucial detail: ranking films is as subjective as selecting your favorite delicacies. While I may extol the virtues of “Arrival” as Villeneuve’s masterpiece, you might find solace in “Prisoners” or “Dune.” And therein lies the beauty. As we traverse this curated list, let us remain open and revel in the diverse spectrum of cinematic treasures Denis Villeneuve brings to the forefront.
Ah, hush your discourse, aficionados of cinema! Enter into this meticulous critique of Denis Villeneuve’s cinematic oeuvre, arranged from the least to the most exquisite, as per my discerning observation. This exploration mirrors my reflections on the cinematic landscape crafted by the French-Canadian auteur. From gripping suspense dramas to contemplative science fiction masterpieces, Villeneuve’s collection is a journey through the spectrum of emotions and intellect.
Before we embark on this cinematic odyssey, remember one crucial detail: ranking films is as subjective as selecting your favorite delicacies. While I may extol the virtues of “Arrival” as Villeneuve’s masterpiece, you might find solace in “Prisoners” or “Dune.” And therein lies the beauty. As we traverse this curated list, let us remain open and revel in the diverse spectrum of cinematic treasures Denis Villeneuve brings to the forefront.
- 2/26/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
TV drama writers obsess over audience engagement, with a huge emphasis on personal stakes for their characters. The biggest of these is the prospect of death. But 70+ years of TV have taught us that mortality is rare for characters played by a show's stars. So, when actors leave a show or the decision is made to cut a character, writers see a golden opportunity to play the ultimate stakes game by going terminal.
It's safe to say character departures always upset a segment of a show's audience, however small. But not all such deaths are created equal. Some generate a wave of complaints, others a tsunami of outrage. It's the deaths of characters we love or love to hate, and those especially shocking or egregious, that drive fans to write all-caps messages, accompanied by many exclamation points, in fanzines, letter columns, and social media.
Here are 14 of the most controversial of the controversial.
It's safe to say character departures always upset a segment of a show's audience, however small. But not all such deaths are created equal. Some generate a wave of complaints, others a tsunami of outrage. It's the deaths of characters we love or love to hate, and those especially shocking or egregious, that drive fans to write all-caps messages, accompanied by many exclamation points, in fanzines, letter columns, and social media.
Here are 14 of the most controversial of the controversial.
- 11/5/2023
- by Maurice Molyneaux
- Slash Film
Making a documentary about your own life brings with it the problem of subjectivity and framing yourself in a positive light. And to start, Mizuko Yamaoka's “Maelstrom” starts off in this way, with her voice dominant throughout, overbearingly so. But from this starting point, you can feel the journey of her self-discovery come the conclusion, with what starts as self-indulgence becoming some strong documentary filmmaking.
Maelstrom is screening at Nippon Connection
Starting off as a critique of her parents' generation, where things are preordained and nothing disrupts the order of things, we see a strong-willed young woman who doesn't connect with her parents. Moving to New York to study art, she struggles to find a place for herself in her new life, before she is tragically struck down while out on her bike. Left paralysed, Yamaoka makes the difficult decision to move back to her parents' home in Japan.
Maelstrom is screening at Nippon Connection
Starting off as a critique of her parents' generation, where things are preordained and nothing disrupts the order of things, we see a strong-willed young woman who doesn't connect with her parents. Moving to New York to study art, she struggles to find a place for herself in her new life, before she is tragically struck down while out on her bike. Left paralysed, Yamaoka makes the difficult decision to move back to her parents' home in Japan.
- 6/9/2023
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
Denis Villeneuve and David Cronenberg have more in common than being Canadian. Both have made films about the trauma and obsession people experience in relation to car crashes. Both are drawn to projects about people who lose themselves in an abyss of self-destructive obliteration. Both have remade well-regarded, 30-year-old science fiction films ("The Fly" and "Blade Runner 2049"). Both have worked with actress Sarah Gadon ("Enemy" and "Cosmopolis"). And, most notably for our purposes, both have made films about buttoned-down professionals who have duplicates ("Enemy" and "Dead Ringers").
"Dead Ringers," released in 1988, was based on the...
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- 3/10/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Psychedelic Rockers Mythic Sunship To Release ‘Wildfire’ on April 2nd via Tee Pee Records Copenhagen-based quintet Mythic Sunship have established themselves among Europe’s finest purveyors of psychedelic music; bridging the gap between heavy riff worship and expansive, free-jazz experimentation. With their sixth studio album ‘Wildfire’ due for release this April – their first on New York’s legendary …
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- 2/24/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
The Eternals was officially announced at last weekend’s Comic-Con, with the movie’s main cast brought together for the first time. We now know that Angelina Jolie (Thena), Richard Madden (Ikaris), Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo), Lauren Ridloff (Makkari), Brian Tyree Henry (Phaestos) and more will make up the ensemble team of immortal heroes. However, Marvel didn’t give us any details about the villains of the film: the Eternals’ rivals, the Deviants.
We might not know how the Deviants will be handled for the bulk of the pic, but we have learned which antagonist will be set up for the sequel. We Got This Covered has been told by a source close to the studio that the movie’s post-credits scene may feature Maelstrom. It seems that Marvel has big plans for the character, too, as according to our intel, he’ll be one of several major antagonists rolling around...
We might not know how the Deviants will be handled for the bulk of the pic, but we have learned which antagonist will be set up for the sequel. We Got This Covered has been told by a source close to the studio that the movie’s post-credits scene may feature Maelstrom. It seems that Marvel has big plans for the character, too, as according to our intel, he’ll be one of several major antagonists rolling around...
- 7/25/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
(Note: This post contains lots of spoilers for “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”)
There are so many references to other “Star Wars” stories, characters and events in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” that it’s actually easy to miss them. From showing how Han Solo got his lucky dice, to explaining how the Millennium Falcon can “talk” to C-3Po in “The Empire Strikes Back,” to jokes about Lando Calrissian’s eventual life as the “respectable” administrator of a mining colony, the movie is packed full of “Star Wars” lore.
But “Solo” also knows its “Star Wars” history, and works in a lot of references tothings that more casual fans might have missed. The movie calls back not only to the films, but cartoons that take place between the prequels and original trilogy, and even makes clever references to the no-longer-canon “Star Wars” Expanded Universe of comics, games and novels from before Disney acquired Lucasfilm.
There are so many references to other “Star Wars” stories, characters and events in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” that it’s actually easy to miss them. From showing how Han Solo got his lucky dice, to explaining how the Millennium Falcon can “talk” to C-3Po in “The Empire Strikes Back,” to jokes about Lando Calrissian’s eventual life as the “respectable” administrator of a mining colony, the movie is packed full of “Star Wars” lore.
But “Solo” also knows its “Star Wars” history, and works in a lot of references tothings that more casual fans might have missed. The movie calls back not only to the films, but cartoons that take place between the prequels and original trilogy, and even makes clever references to the no-longer-canon “Star Wars” Expanded Universe of comics, games and novels from before Disney acquired Lucasfilm.
- 6/2/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
(Note: This post contains light spoilers for “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”)
Lucasfilm’s latest effort to fill out the backstory of well-loved characters from a galaxy far, far away, “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” is full of references. The vast majority of them are to “Star Wars” in general — the original movies, the exploits of title character Han Solo, and the old Expanded Universe of comics, novels, video games and more.
You might have missed one movie reference in “Solo” that goes for something different, though. It nudges the audience to remember another classic sci-fi trilogy: “Back to the Future.”
The moment comes late in “Solo,” when Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and his crew fly through the Maelstrom, a giant space cloud filled with ice and asteroids. As Han takes over flying the Millennium Falcon, he finally gets Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) to sit in as his co-pilot, as the pair...
Lucasfilm’s latest effort to fill out the backstory of well-loved characters from a galaxy far, far away, “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” is full of references. The vast majority of them are to “Star Wars” in general — the original movies, the exploits of title character Han Solo, and the old Expanded Universe of comics, novels, video games and more.
You might have missed one movie reference in “Solo” that goes for something different, though. It nudges the audience to remember another classic sci-fi trilogy: “Back to the Future.”
The moment comes late in “Solo,” when Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and his crew fly through the Maelstrom, a giant space cloud filled with ice and asteroids. As Han takes over flying the Millennium Falcon, he finally gets Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) to sit in as his co-pilot, as the pair...
- 5/25/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Few filmmakers of the 21st century have risen to prominence and prestige with the forcefulness of “Blade Runner 2049” director Denis Villeneuve, whose seemingly unstoppable career has been bolstered by a steady balance of critical respect and commercial success. In fact, Christopher Nolan is the only other person who comes to mind, and the similarities between the two of them are hard to ignore.
For one thing, these men are both men, and that tends to be a more crucial detail than it should. For another, they’re also genuine auteurs, each committed to a clinical brand of Cinema (with a capital “C”) that’s muscular and intellectual in equal measure. Nolan is a bit more rigidly defined by his own rubric, but Villeneuve shares his gift for sublimating big ideas into even bigger spectacles, and has likewise honed his skills by fluidly moving between massive blockbusters and idiosyncratic passion projects.
For one thing, these men are both men, and that tends to be a more crucial detail than it should. For another, they’re also genuine auteurs, each committed to a clinical brand of Cinema (with a capital “C”) that’s muscular and intellectual in equal measure. Nolan is a bit more rigidly defined by his own rubric, but Villeneuve shares his gift for sublimating big ideas into even bigger spectacles, and has likewise honed his skills by fluidly moving between massive blockbusters and idiosyncratic passion projects.
- 10/2/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Has Denis Villeneuve become Hollywood’s go-to science-fiction director? It certainly looks that way: Variety reports that the filmmaker, who has “Arrival” in theaters and “Blade Runner 2049” in the pipeline, is in early negotiations to helm a “Dune” reboot for Legendary Pictures. David Lynch previously brought Frank Herbert’s highly regarded novel to the screen in 1984, though it wasn’t a success: the film failed at the box office and earned Lynch the worst reviews of his career.
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Villeneuve made his English-language debut three years ago with “Prisoners” after more than a decade working in Canada. Early efforts like “Maelström” and the wrenching “Polytechnique” eventually led to “Incendies,” which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and caught the attention of studio executives; he’s become highly prolific since then,...
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Villeneuve made his English-language debut three years ago with “Prisoners” after more than a decade working in Canada. Early efforts like “Maelström” and the wrenching “Polytechnique” eventually led to “Incendies,” which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and caught the attention of studio executives; he’s become highly prolific since then,...
- 12/21/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The list of potential replicants continues to grow with today’s news that Barkhad “I’m the captain now” Abdi has joined Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner” sequel. An Academy Award nominee for his “Captain Phillips” performance, Abdi joins returning star Harrison Ford alongside Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Mackenzie Davis and former WWE Champion Dave Bautista in the secretive production.
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Few concrete details have emerged regarding the long-awaited sequel, which follows up on Ridley Scott’s 1982 original. That sci-fi landmark stars Ford as a semi-retired detective in 2019 Los Angeles, where four dangerous synthetic humans (or replicants) are on the loose; no plot details are presently available for the as-yet untitled sequel. 13-time Academy Award nominee Roger Deakins (who lensed Villeneuve’s “Sicario” and “Prisoners” in addition to many, many others) will serve as cinematographer.
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Few concrete details have emerged regarding the long-awaited sequel, which follows up on Ridley Scott’s 1982 original. That sci-fi landmark stars Ford as a semi-retired detective in 2019 Los Angeles, where four dangerous synthetic humans (or replicants) are on the loose; no plot details are presently available for the as-yet untitled sequel. 13-time Academy Award nominee Roger Deakins (who lensed Villeneuve’s “Sicario” and “Prisoners” in addition to many, many others) will serve as cinematographer.
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- 6/28/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Directors’ trademarks is a series of articles that examines the “signatures” that filmmakers leave behind in their work. This month we’re examining the trademark style and calling signs of Denis Villeneuve as director.
Denis Villeneuve is a French-Canadian filmmaker who realized his love for cinema while in college. He switched his studies from science to film and first made a name for himself directing independent movies. August 23rd on Earth (1998) was his first feature film, and it was well received at the Cannes film festival, where it earned a nomination for the best film award. His next film, Maelstrom (2000) continued the trend, winning more awards on the festival circuit. It took him 9 more years before he released another feature film, Polytechnique, which was well-received for its depiction of a current event in Canada. His breakthrough was 2010’s Incendies, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Denis Villeneuve is a French-Canadian filmmaker who realized his love for cinema while in college. He switched his studies from science to film and first made a name for himself directing independent movies. August 23rd on Earth (1998) was his first feature film, and it was well received at the Cannes film festival, where it earned a nomination for the best film award. His next film, Maelstrom (2000) continued the trend, winning more awards on the festival circuit. It took him 9 more years before he released another feature film, Polytechnique, which was well-received for its depiction of a current event in Canada. His breakthrough was 2010’s Incendies, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
- 11/25/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Sicario
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
U.S.A., 2015
Québec born director Denis Villeneuve has come a long way since breaking onto the scene with 2000’s Maelström, the film that truly put his talent on the map for all to admire. Now, with Sicario, he has an action-thriller, American production starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin with his signature on it. Villeneuve appears to have succeeded where several other non-American directors that tried to make into Hollywood have failed. José Padhila (Robocop 2014), Jee-woon Kim (The Last Stand), some very, very talented directors collaborating with very talented people did not reach the level of critical acclaim and box office success that Villeneuve has in his relatively short American career. Sicario is as big as his projects have gotten thus far, to say nothing of what is coming next: a Blade Runner sequel in collaboration with his Prisoners partner,...
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
U.S.A., 2015
Québec born director Denis Villeneuve has come a long way since breaking onto the scene with 2000’s Maelström, the film that truly put his talent on the map for all to admire. Now, with Sicario, he has an action-thriller, American production starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin with his signature on it. Villeneuve appears to have succeeded where several other non-American directors that tried to make into Hollywood have failed. José Padhila (Robocop 2014), Jee-woon Kim (The Last Stand), some very, very talented directors collaborating with very talented people did not reach the level of critical acclaim and box office success that Villeneuve has in his relatively short American career. Sicario is as big as his projects have gotten thus far, to say nothing of what is coming next: a Blade Runner sequel in collaboration with his Prisoners partner,...
- 9/25/2015
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
In the beginning stages of his career (with the exception of Maelstrom showing in Berlin), Denis Villeneuve was an habitual of the Cannes Film Festival. His filmography has been embraced up and down the Croisette with short Cosmos (1996) and Polytechnique (2009) showing in the Directors’ Fortnight section, Un 32 août sur terre (1998) showing in the Un Certain Regard and his savoury short Next Floor (2008) landing at the Critics’ Week, but the Quebecois helmer was left scratching his head when Incendies (2010), Enemy (2013) and possibly Prisoners (2013) failed to receive the same approbation. Going in with zero expectations, especially with a cross-border thriller, his seventh film finally won him an In Comp berth. Considering the amount of Palme d’Or contenders receiving pans from the critic community, Sicario might actually not be so out of place as first conceived.
Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, this is receiving great reviews from the trades.
Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, this is receiving great reviews from the trades.
- 5/19/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
In 1989, a young man killed fourteen women at Montreal’s Polytechnique school of engineering with a Mini-14 semi-automatic carbine. In 2009’s Polytechnique, the tragedy is fictionalized in deep focus black and white that clarifies every bullet hole. There is the placid face of the young man pausing to reload his carbine. And you, the onlooker, plead at the screen the way you would for the victim of some slasher villain, “For god’s sake, somebody do something. Get him while he reloads!” We know this narrative, the angry predator, the innocent victims. It typically serves a romantic purpose, allowing the half formed young individual to reach definition through heroism and self-sacrifice. But here the square jawed young man is directionless in the face of chaos. He wanders through the hallways with no plan. He saves no one. Even the female survivor, in a subversion of “final girl” hood, discovers only...
- 4/16/2015
- by Adam Hofbauer
- SoundOnSight
Last year, Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve released Enemy, which is an elusive and polarizing piece of cinema but believe it or not, it is not his most elusive film. Yes, the same filmmaker who gave us the final shot of Enemy, actually had a film that was more disorienting: That film was Maelstrom (2000). While Maelstrom may not be his best film (Disclosure: I love Prisoners, it was my favorite film of 2013), 15 years later it is still his most confounding work to date.
Maelstrom, through not-so-direct plot terms, follows Bibi (Marie-Josée Croze), a young model and daughter of a fashion icon who falls into disarray after getting an abortion. After one drunken night she ends up hitting a man with her car, and after plunging her car into a river, she sets out to find out who the man she killed was. Evian (Jean-Nicolas Verreault) has returned home to sort out...
Maelstrom, through not-so-direct plot terms, follows Bibi (Marie-Josée Croze), a young model and daughter of a fashion icon who falls into disarray after getting an abortion. After one drunken night she ends up hitting a man with her car, and after plunging her car into a river, she sets out to find out who the man she killed was. Evian (Jean-Nicolas Verreault) has returned home to sort out...
- 4/15/2015
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
Picking the best movies that come out in any given year is no easy feat. For film fans, a quality feature can come out at any time, from any one, and discovering an enjoyable and well-crafted feature is truly a pleasure. As we reach the halfway point of the year, many excellent films have already made their way to theatres, films that are well worth a watch. Below, you shall find the list of the top 30 films of 2014 to date, a list that ranges from science fiction thrillers to period dramas.
A few notes to keep in mind when reading our entry: Certain films from our 2013 list make a second appearance on this list. This is because the movies, while technically released this year, were seen by a select few in time for last year’s list, due to the benefit of film festivals and press screenings. The list itself is in no particular order,...
A few notes to keep in mind when reading our entry: Certain films from our 2013 list make a second appearance on this list. This is because the movies, while technically released this year, were seen by a select few in time for last year’s list, due to the benefit of film festivals and press screenings. The list itself is in no particular order,...
- 7/1/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Quentin Tarantino, during his Cannes Film Festival press conference (watch it here), mentioned an email chain he was a part of where he and some friends discussed what they believed to be the ten most exciting directors working today. Among those listed he said only David Fincher and Richard Linklater where in everyone's top ten, he wasn't sure why Pedro Almodovar wasn't on everyone's list and he also qualified what he believed it meant for a director to be the "most exciting". Here's how he put it: "I think what that means is, you feel that their best work is still in front of them. That's what makes a filmmaker exciting, that's what makes you anticipate a new movie coming out. Because the new movie could be their best one. From this day on that will be the new barometer from which they're judged. We could be wrong, and their...
- 5/28/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Like many others that delivered Gravity the largest October opening weekend ever, I too caught Alfonso Cuaron's latest a second time. I gave it a "B+" when I reviewed it out of Toronto and would probably give it the same grade again after a second viewing, or perhaps a "B". The biggest problem for me is the lack of emotional attachment I felt for the characters. I felt for Bullock's character more on just a human level, and a concern for her well-being out of simply not wanting to see her die. However, it didn't extend beyond that after hearing more about her. Perhaps she can merely be a representative of the human race, but I would have liked a little more. Visually, though, it's a marvel. Additionally I caught About Time, Carrie, Runner Runner and Captain Phillips in theaters this week as well as watched Denis Villeneuve's early film,...
- 10/6/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Universal recently sent me the upcoming Chucky: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Set, which includes Child's Play, Child's Play 2, Child's Play 3, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky and the brand new Curse of Chucky. Last night around 8:45 or so I knew the second episode of "The Blacklist" was going to be on at 10 Pm, but I wasn't exactly slobbering with anticipation after last week's disappointing pilot. Not wanting to watch anything all that intellectually stimulating I decided to grab the box set and give this new Chucky film a watch. I think I made the right choice. Let's get one thing out of the way at the start, Curse of Chucky isn't a very good film. I don't think this will surprise anyone, even those that will say they enjoyed it. It's possible to enjoy a bad film and in the case of Curse, the enjoyment will largely...
- 10/1/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It was a busy week for me outside of work and I wasn't able to watch anything in the way of movies outside of seeing Baggage Claim as my first theatrical experience following the Toronto Film Festival, and you already read how that went. My upcoming week, however, is packed. In five days I'll be seeing at least four films, maybe five, including About Time, Carrie, Runner, Runner and Captain Phillips. I've also got a couple of Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) films here from Netflix I'm looking to watch, including Maelstrom and Incendies, which I never saw and seems to be a tremendously divisive film. I'm curious about Maelstrom, which apparently includes a rather graphic abortion scene. That should be fun. But enough about me, what did you watchc...
- 9/29/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
You've probably heard a lot about Denis Villeneuve's "Prisoners," which stole much of the spotlight at the Toronto Film Festival last week and was a runner-up for the fest's People's Choice Award. Luckily, it isn't one of those films that falls short of the hype; it is worth every bit of praise that's been thrown its way.
"Prisoners" stars Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover, a small town Pennsylvanian family man whose young daughter Anna goes missing on Thanksgiving with her friend, daughter of Viola Davis and Terrence Howard's Birch family. Jake Gyllenhaal, as the tattooed and tormented Detective Loki, is put on the case and tracks down Alex Jones (Paul Dano) as one of the suspects. But when the mentally underdeveloped Alex leads to a dead end, Keller takes it upon himself to get answers, pushing the boundaries of morality in his desperation to find Anna.
Before you...
"Prisoners" stars Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover, a small town Pennsylvanian family man whose young daughter Anna goes missing on Thanksgiving with her friend, daughter of Viola Davis and Terrence Howard's Birch family. Jake Gyllenhaal, as the tattooed and tormented Detective Loki, is put on the case and tracks down Alex Jones (Paul Dano) as one of the suspects. But when the mentally underdeveloped Alex leads to a dead end, Keller takes it upon himself to get answers, pushing the boundaries of morality in his desperation to find Anna.
Before you...
- 9/19/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
Anyone looking for the next great American filmmaker might have to spread their search to the Northern part of North America where a number of French-Canadian filmmakers have started to get attention and being brought "South of the Border" to make their English language debuts. One of those filmmakers is Denis Villeneuve, whose Canadian films Maelstrom and Polytechnique were able to find an arthouse crowd in the States before his third movie Incendies was nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar. Interest in the latter film led to Villeneuve taking on his first studio film with Prisoners , a moody crime-thriller based around the disappearance of two young girls with an impressive ensemble cast filled with Oscar-nominated actors including Hugh Jackman, Jake...
- 9/18/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Canadian director Denis Villeneuve first emerged on the Canadian film front with an odd little film titled Maelstrom. The story was interesting but what really stood out was Villeneuve's strong storytelling and visual style which he cemented with the release, a few years later, of Polytechnique. A dramatization of the 1989 Montreal Massacre, Polytechnique was a spectacular achievement in storytelling and direction, a movie which tackled a difficult subject with care. Two years ago Villeneuve adapted Wajdi Mouawad's award winning play and Incendies (review) ushered in the arrival of Villeneuve on the international scene. [Continued ...]...
- 5/31/2013
- QuietEarth.us
Quebecois filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has always been one of French-speaking Canada's most exciting filmmaking talents, thanks to the likes of "Maelström" and "Polytechnique," both of which won him Genie awards for Best Director, but last year saw him really start to make waves internationally with his Oscar-nominated drama "Incendies." That film saw him leap up Hollywood directorial wish-lists, with the filmmaker becoming attached to the long-gestating Black List script "Prisoners," while late last year saw reports that he'd be teaming up with Jessica Chastain for an adaptation of Russell Banks' novel "The Darling." But he's just added one more film to those competing to be his next one, and from the subject matter alone, it has the potential to be even more incendiary than, well, "Incendies." Screen Daily report that Villeneuve is now attached to direct an adaptation of Joe Sacco's 2009 graphic...
- 2/1/2012
- The Playlist
Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin faces the fire in Incendies.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Incendies, a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on Sept. 13 for a list price of $45.99.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom) and adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, Incendies follows twin siblings (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) who uncover a shocking family secret after they agree to fulfill their mother’s (Lubna Azabal) dying wish: to locate the father they thought was dead, as well as a brother they never knew existed.
The much-lauded Incendies enjoyed a limited release in theaters in the U.S., following a roll-out to film festivals and theatrical engagements across the world. It has grossed approximately $6 million at the domestic box office as of this writing.
The Blu-ray and DVD of the movie, which is presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles, contains the...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Incendies, a 2011 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on Sept. 13 for a list price of $45.99.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom) and adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, Incendies follows twin siblings (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) who uncover a shocking family secret after they agree to fulfill their mother’s (Lubna Azabal) dying wish: to locate the father they thought was dead, as well as a brother they never knew existed.
The much-lauded Incendies enjoyed a limited release in theaters in the U.S., following a roll-out to film festivals and theatrical engagements across the world. It has grossed approximately $6 million at the domestic box office as of this writing.
The Blu-ray and DVD of the movie, which is presented in French and Arabic with English subtitles, contains the...
- 7/18/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
"Ah, the pungent odor, the fermented esprit, the sulfurous insanity of the New York Asian Film Fest!" exclaims Michael Atkinson, introducing his overview of the lineup in the Voice. "It's a new year for the city's favorite attack of the imported-irrational, and as always, the jejune state of the late-spring/early-summer box office gets a shot in the ass. The pulp is especially ripe this year, particularly from Japan, where manga-ness seems to have gone from a national pastime to a mass psychosis."
For R Emmet Sweeney, writing for TCM, "most of the revelations in this year's slate came in the Nyaff sidebar, Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, so I'll focus there." Michael J Anderson splits the difference, concentrating on Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! and Na Hong-jin's The Chaser (image above). Time Out New York's got a slide of "titles worth cutting class for." Cinespect's Ryan Wells picks...
For R Emmet Sweeney, writing for TCM, "most of the revelations in this year's slate came in the Nyaff sidebar, Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, so I'll focus there." Michael J Anderson splits the difference, concentrating on Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! and Na Hong-jin's The Chaser (image above). Time Out New York's got a slide of "titles worth cutting class for." Cinespect's Ryan Wells picks...
- 6/30/2011
- MUBI
Five Canadian films will be presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will run from July 1 to 9.
The Canadian embassy had a role to play in bringing these Canadian films to Czech Republic. Moreover, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will present a tribute to Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies).
World premieres
Among the five films that will be screened, four will have their world premiere. In the official competition, Canada will be represented by Martin Donovan's Collaborator and Ivan Grbovic's Roméo Onze.
The teen drama Laurentie will be presented out of the competition while Aaron Houston's Sunflower Hour, a mockumentary, will be screened in the Forum of Independents.
Denis Villeneuve
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's tribute to Denis Villeneuve will consist in screenings.
Four of his feature films will be presented: Un 32 août sur terre, Maelström, Polytechnique and Incendies, which was nominated...
The Canadian embassy had a role to play in bringing these Canadian films to Czech Republic. Moreover, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will present a tribute to Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies).
World premieres
Among the five films that will be screened, four will have their world premiere. In the official competition, Canada will be represented by Martin Donovan's Collaborator and Ivan Grbovic's Roméo Onze.
The teen drama Laurentie will be presented out of the competition while Aaron Houston's Sunflower Hour, a mockumentary, will be screened in the Forum of Independents.
Denis Villeneuve
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival's tribute to Denis Villeneuve will consist in screenings.
Four of his feature films will be presented: Un 32 août sur terre, Maelström, Polytechnique and Incendies, which was nominated...
- 6/29/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Following in the footsteps of fellow Quebecois filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee, Denis Villeneuve is capitalizing on the success of his internationally beloved Incendies to capture a Hollywood directing role. 24 Frames is reporting the Maelstrom helmer has just signed on to direct the long-in-development vigilante thriller, Prisoners. While some may view this as a pay cheque gig, few directors would pass up the opportunity to develop a Black List script that once had such boldface names as Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Bryan Singer attached. Like Vallee, whom after receiving top marks for his French Canadian drama C.R.A.Z.Y., went on to direct the Oscar-winning The Young Victoria, Villeneuve is using the success of Incendies, nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar and achieving decent numbers in it’s limited release, to work on a film that will most likely reach an even wider audience. Project backers Warner Bros. and...
- 4/27/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
- 4/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
By Elliot V. Kotek
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
“To encounter a film of heart-wrenching tragedy, mythic proportions and sweeping visual majesty is rare, but such are the riches of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Incendies.’” So reads the Toronto International Film Festival’s official description of the film that won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards. The two-time Genie Award winner for Best Director (“Next Floor,” “Maelstrom”) talked with Moving Pictures in Toronto about “Incendies,” a drama that weaves elements of civil war, family, resilience and love, and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Moving Pictures: The film begins with a perfect premise for a mystery. People find out something very personal that they’ve never known before and are sent on a mission, essentially. But what unfolds after that took me by complete surprise.
If...
- 4/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise: A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place,...
- 4/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Incendies premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals to extremely positive reviews [1], but with such a limited audience, it hasn't had a chance for much buzz to spread. Of course, its recent nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars should change all that. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom), this Canadian film tells the story of two twins who, upon hearing their mother's last wishes, journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play 'Scorched', the movie is described as a "powerful and moving tale of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love". It was also featured on Peter's list of Best Movies of 2010 That You Probably Haven’t Heard Of [2]. Watch the trailer after the break. The movie looks interesting, but as tends to be the case for many indie...
- 2/2/2011
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Two films offered by their respective countries for Oscar consideration, both of which recently made the Academy's Foreign Language short list, and both in fact being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics in April are Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's Incendies and Susanne Bier's 12th film In a Better World . Both films also played at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and they mark the return of their respective filmmakers to Sundance after a number of years, while exploring a few similar themes in dramatically different ways. Incendies Written and directed by Dennis Villeneuve Starring Lubna Azabal, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudetted Rating: 10/10 Based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, Villleneuve's first feature film since 2000's Maelström...
- 1/20/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Disclaimer: I purposefully did not include Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. For my purposes, it’s too American. I am interested in hearing if you think it should qualify and if you are willing to undertake a discussion on defining National Cinema. It is tricky, I certainly don’t object to others who would include it on their own list. - Honourable mention: The Wild Hunt (Alexander Franchi) - 5. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig) - For fear of spoiling the twist of this film (which, mind you, comes very early on), it is surprising that this is the first instance I have personally encountered to take this approach to the horror comedy that uses this narrative convention. Aided by its strong cast, headed up by Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk, two actors who have already made their name in the cult-culture arena, Tucker & Dale is a sure-fire crowdpleaser. Effectively...
- 1/14/2011
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Quebec director Denis Villeneuve has been ubiquitous here in Canada since 2000, when he released his breakthrough feature, the strange, vivid and colorful Maelstrom, which swept that year’s Genie Awards. He returned, audaciously, with Polytéchnique, a dramatization of the infamous 1989 school shooting that occurred at the institution of the same name, and he’s back again with Incendies, a critically acclaimed adaptation of a play by Majdi Mouawad that concerns history, fate and tragedy as it connects a thinly veiled version of early-80s Lebanon with present-day Montreal.
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- 11/23/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
“Incendies” wastes no time in introducing us to its perfect premise. A less-than-perfect mother reveals to her twins, via last will and testament, that they have a brother and a father, and that they’re to find them to fulfill a promise that she never kept during her lifetime. Based on the play by Lebanese-born, Canadian-bred, Parisian-trained Wajdi Mouawad, “Incendies” tracks the ensuing journey to unearth the truth behind a family’s past in order to reveal who they truly are today.
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place, and sometimes blood, to engage in egregious violence. The film will undoubtedly initiate discourse as to the lengths and strength required to disengage,...
Directed by Cannes’ favorite Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve (“August 32nd on Earth,” “Maelstrom,” “Polytechnique”), “Incendies” peels layers back to strike at the core of the notion of a civilization marked by one or other type of civil war, a concept that forces individuals related by place, and sometimes blood, to engage in egregious violence. The film will undoubtedly initiate discourse as to the lengths and strength required to disengage,...
- 9/11/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Ask me who Canada's best working filmmaker is at the moment, and I'd make a convincing argument that it isn't Guy Maddin, David Cronenberg or Atom Egoyan, but instead, a French Canadian filmmaker who wasn't at Cannes this year but will be in Venice. I'd bestow the honor on Denis Villeneuve from August 32nd on Earth (1998) and Maelström (2000) fame, and most recently 2008's short film Next Floor and the sobering, Polytechnique (2009) and his fourth feature film, Incendies (Scorched) will be competing in the Venice Days sidebar section which regularly turns out some gems. I've got the poster one sheet below, featuring actress Lubna Azabal (of Exiles and Paradise Now fame) and here's the synopsis: Lebel (Rémy Girard), a notary, reads for Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Simon Marwan (Maxim Gaudette), two twins, their mother's (Lubna Azabal) will. Both twins are surprised to see two envelopes: one for a father they thought...
- 7/29/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
In honor of Canada Day, we are republishing this post -- Ranylt's first on the site -- from Canada Day 2007.
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
- 7/1/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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