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Alpha review: This outlandish horror about an Aids-like epidemic is a 'disorientating, maddening whirlwind'
After winning the Palme d'Or for the shocking Titane, French director Julia Ducournau is back at Cannes with another ...
‘Alpha’ Review: 2021 Palme d’Or Winner Julia Ducournau’s AIDS-Era Horror Parable Is Arrestingly Original and Numbingly Over-the-Top
The newest film from the 'Titane' director is a gory period piece exploring a teenage girl’s coming of age during a deadly ...
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‘Alpha’ is a Hollow Body Horror Misuse of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic [Cannes 2025 Review]
Despite some striking visuals, 'Alpha' misfires with a shallow narrative that fails to meaningfully engage with its subject ...
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‘Alpha’ Review: Love Is Trauma In Julia Ducournau’s Viscerally Affecting, Heartbreaking Palme D’Or Contender [Cannes]
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau's 'Alpha' starring Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim viscerally teases out the binds of love and trauma.
Alpha may have inspired walkouts at Cannes – but they were out of boredom rather than disgust
The time frame continually shifts. Without providing any context, the plot will whisk us back to when Alpha was a young child ...