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Director Denis Villeueve is the most convincing next generation replacement for the likes of David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson - pretty much the Scorcese's, Spielberg's and Coppola's of this era. Like those, brings his own problems and talents to the table - Nolan's inability to reign in a screenplay or Fincher's ability to adapt to entirely different settings. As an artist, he is happily closer to Anderson and it's difficult imagining any of those directors presenting us with as an austere, unforgiving and art house film as Enemy. Happily one of this generation's greatest talents on the acting side of the camera - Jake Gyllenhaal - is almost the only actor that matters here. What begins as a Sci-Fi mind-bending thriller, gives way to a hugely challenging and difficult near masterpiece, that makes far more common sense than its oblique presentation would suggest. Watch out for the spider.