Cannes Review: 'Sicario' is a Fascinating Commentary on Violence

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Reporting from the Cannes Film Festival. Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve is quickly becoming a crucial voice in cinema, crafting human stories of immense power and durability. His one-two-three punch of Incendies, Prisoners and Enemy has been enough to get him noticed in film-savvy circles, but his latest film Sicario may be his best work to date. It’s a bleak drug-trade thriller on the surface but deep down it’s really a dense character study with comments on the violence in this modern world. It’s in the same ballpark as other modern commentaries like Traffic and Zero Dark Thirty but with its own unique flavor. ›››

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