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"The Art and Soul of 'Dune: Part Two'" by Tanya Lapointe and Stefanie Broos goes behind-the-scenes of Denis Villeneuve's epic science-fiction movie.

The cherry orchard in Anton Chekhov’s eponymous play is a classic MacGuffin, its existence a reason to stir the sorts of resentments, fancies and identity causes that start wars and revolutions. The orchard’s beautiful, and that’s all – a cultivated but natural ornament upon the great land of Russia, where need and want hold sway over millions of wretched and enslaved people.

Artfully combining clumsiness with precision, McKellen’s Firs is the highlight of a production marked by arresting gestures and modern parallels

Sean Matthias directs this new twist on Chekhov