Every year at Cannes, critics discover one golden turkey — a much-hyped film from a buzzy auteur that lands with all the ...
Director Julia Ducournau ("Raw," "Titane") takes on an ambitious tale about a devastating, highly metaphorical virus, but her ideas get lost in grandiosity.
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.
Director Julia Ducournau’s Alpha is incredibly strange — not for anything it presents, but for how its every narrative and aesthetic decision feels like the wrong one. The tale of a mysterious disease ...
“Alpha” (Courtesy of Mandarin & Compagnie/Kallouche Cinema/Frakas Productions/France 3 Cinema) France’s VFX industry has grown rapidly, initially driven by a 2020 tax measure that allowed qualifying ...
Open this photo in gallery: A propulsive and unnerving examination of loss and addiction, Alpha is set in an alternate universe in which an unnamed blood-borne disease, explicitly coded as a stand-in ...
France’s VFX industry has grown rapidly, initially driven by a 2020 tax measure that allowed qualifying international productions to claim a full 40% rebate on digital expenses. This incentive ...