Tagged with Denis Villeneuve

Review: Arrival, 2016, dir. Denis Villeneuve

Review: Arrival, 2016, dir. Denis Villeneuve

I’m on again, off again with Denis Villeneuve; I’m unabashedly wild about Enemy, but I never could stand Prisoners and I can only enjoy Sicario as long as I don’t think too much about it. With Arrival, I’m closer to Enemy than not – it worked on me, and worked on everyone around me, which may be because it’s genuinely good … Continue reading

Truer Story: Sicario, Cartel Land, & Narco Cultura

Truer Story: Sicario, Cartel Land, & Narco Cultura

“Mexico has had a problem with drug cartels for decades, but the country’s drug war didn’t officially start until Felipe Calderón ordered a battalion of troops to Michoacán for the dispensal of indiscriminate justice in 2006. You can trace the fallout of Calderón martial intervention either through good old fashioned journalism or U.S. pop culture: … Continue reading