1.įresh off the critical acclaim for her 2019 film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, French director Céline Sciamma is back with a beautiful, fantastical tearjerker that will no doubt be awards season fodder in just a few months.Ī sweet, slow-moving depiction of intergenerational connection and love, Petite Maman centers on Nelly, an 8-year-old girl (Joséphine Sanz), and her mom Marion (Nina Meurisse). The Power of the Dog will be out on Netflix on Dec. The melodrama unfolds against a sprawling backdrop of 1925 Montana (or at least, what is supposed to be 1925 Montana Dog was shot in New Zealand), and the breathtaking scenery and Campion’s lingering, meditative shots, coupled with a haunting score from Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, make for an exquisitely uncomfortable, immersive atmosphere. The volatility and sensitivity of Cumberbatch’s performance should make him an early Oscar contender here. But even the angry man has devastating secrets he can’t quite divulge, and his need to maintain the appearance of rugged machismo is revealed as a coping mechanism. Rose withers under Phil’s cruelty, which Cumberbatch delivers with overwhelming menace. The story centers on rancher brothers Phil (Cumberbatch) and George (Plemons) who begin to grow apart, even before the latter marries Rose, a local widow (Kirsten Dunst), and moves her and her son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee) into the family home.Ĭonflict arises early, and it rarely lets up. Still, it is arresting to watch this principle in action as he stars opposite Jesse Plemons in Jane Campion’s captivating Western.īased on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, The Power of the Dog marks Campion’s return to feature films for the first time since 2009’s Bright Star, and it is a tour de force. 22.īy now, we know there’s virtually nothing Benedict Cumberbatch can’t do. Amil Niaziĭune will be in theaters and on HBO Max on Oct. There’s a lot of info to get to in the film’s two and a half hour runtime, from the shadowy power and politics of the Bene Gesserit, a sisterhood of witches searching for the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing who will change the outcome of the universe, to the fate of Arrakis and the influence of spice, the substance that draws armies and colonizers to the planet in the first place.īut if you can deal with all of that necessary mythmaking, you’re in for a film that basks in its outlandish scale and scope and wows in exactly the right places. Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides, heir to the Atreides throne, who is tasked with saving the planet Arrakis from the Baron Harkonnen. Part one of two, this adaptation is hauntingly stark, epic, and impeccably shot. After what feels like a hundred years in the making, acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve ( Blade Runner 2049, Arrival) has finally released his take on Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking sci-fi novel Dune.
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