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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is rewarding for fans, difficult for newcomers

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Director Denis Villeneuve first came to my attention when I saw his outstanding science fiction film Arrival (2016), a visually stunning and philosophically profound story about mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrials. Villeneuve then went on […]

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