Dune is full of mysterious characters and organizations, but few are as important and secretive as the Bene Gesserit order, to which Paul’s mother Jessica belongs. While the movie reveals a few of ...

As depicted in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune and director Denis Villeneuve’s two-part film adaptation, the Bene Gesserit is a religious sisterhood. Their order dates back over 10,000 years and is a ...

The story follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), whose family moves to the desert planet of Arrakis to rule on assignment from the emperor. The planet is home to the most precious material in the ...

Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune 2″ greatly expands on the mythology established in the first film. There is more about the mighty sandworms that glide underneath the surface of the desert planet Arrakis, ...

One of the most mysterious elements of the Dune series is the powerful Bene Gesserit. In Denis Villeneuve's films, actress Rebecca Ferguson is Lady Jessica, the audience's gateway into the superhuman ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

In the books, the Bene Gesserit were often called “witches” but had a very important place in the Imperial court. The origins of the Bene Gesserit stem back to the Butlerian Jihad, the seminal event ...

Who are the Bene Gesserit? An ancient and powerful order of women. They are able to influence the events of the world as well as people on an individual level. Similar to the Mentats, they arose as a ...

Dune doesn’t feel like normal blockbuster fare for many reasons. There’s the unprecedented scale, with large spaceships drowning the frames they occupy. Hans Zimmer’s score is also otherworldly and ...