Reviews correspondent
Reviews desk
Pixie Lane is The Gold Standard's reviews correspondent. Lane writes about films and the living-room screen, making the case for pictures worth a second look.
Blade Runner 2049 opened on 6 October 2017. Denis Villeneuve directed. Roger Deakins shot it. Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas. The sequel does not replace 1982. It adds a wing.
Denis Villeneuve’s second Arrakis film, from Frank Herbert, opened in the U.S. on 1 March 2024. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Stellan Skarsgård. Legendary and Warner Bros. The desert is a textile. The worm is infrastructure.
