Following the world premiere of Dune: Part One, the first wave of movie reviews are out! In this special episode, we analyze the many critics' reports and viewer reactions coming out of Venice Film Festival. Johnny, Garin, Marcus, and Simon—joined by Mark from DuneInfo—seek a consensus about what it all means.

We also cover the official press conference, featuring insightful comments from director Denis Villeneuve and six of the movie's stars—Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem. Finally, The Dune Sketchbook, first of Hans Zimmer's three Dune soundtracks, has been released!

Segments:

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:02:38 - Dune Movie News: 

1. 0:02:40 - Venice Film Festival reviews
2. 1:09:22 - Dune movie press conference
3. 1:22:51 - The Dune Sketchbook soundtrack

• 1:37:41 - Outro

Dune news stories covered on this podcast episode:

1. Dune Premieres to Largely Positive Critic Reviews
2. Venice Film Festival: Dune Movie Press Conference
3. 'The Dune Sketchbook' Album Released (YouTube playlist updated in our earlier feature)

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This show's hosts:

• Marcus Gabriel | @DuneNewsNet
• Simon Daoudi | @sdaoudi
• Johnny Sobczak | @JohnnySobczak
• Garin Granata | @DuneCompanion
• Mark / DuneInfo | @DuneInfo

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Special thanks goes out to Ashton GIeckman for music and Sheldon Lee for voice overs.