Three films in seven years is hardly prolific, but when the titles concerned are Blade Runner 2049 and parts one and two of Dune, you know you're in the hands of a director who takes his time. It's become Denis Villeneuve's trademark, filling epic canvasses with the richest of details, magnetic characters and breathtaking, often groundbreaking, effects. His films are truly a cinematic event.
The French-Canadian director cut his cinematic teeth making films in his native French, only changing to English in 2013 with two contrasting titles. In the low-key Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal discovers he has a mysterious doppelganger, but crime thriller Prisoners arrived with a bang, pairing Gyllenhaal as a cop with Hugh Jackman as the tortured father of a missing six-year-old.
