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Ducournau, AIDS and Alpha

The A.V. Club · 25m

Julia Ducournau drops the body horror and just tortures a metaphor in Alpha

Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or with her transgressive body horror Titane but the only thing tortured in Alpha is its AIDS metaphor.

Variety on MSN · 1d

‘Alpha’ Review: A Potentially Infected Tattoo Sparks a Tortured AIDS Allegory in Julia Ducournau’s Rotten Follow-up to ‘Titane’

Julia Ducournau returns to Cannes with a muddled meditation on the AIDS pandemic, squandering the talents of Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim.

IndieWire on MSN · 1d

‘Alpha’ Review: ‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau Adopts a More Grounded Form of Body Horror for This Dour and Dismal AIDS Allegory

All credit to a newly minted Palme d'Or-winner for having the courage to step out of their comfort zone, but "Alpha" is an insufferable misfire.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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