Ithaca Times

“Alpha”: A French Provocateur’s Messy AIDS Allegory

Every year at Cannes, critics discover one golden turkey — a much-hyped film from a buzzy auteur that lands with all the ...
FilmBook

Film Review: ALPHA (2025): Mélissa Boros Delivers a Great Performance in a Misguided Effort from the Director of TITANE

Film Review, a movie written and directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros, ...

A plague brings society to its knees in heady French import ‘Alpha’

Director Julia Ducournau ("Raw," "Titane") takes on an ambitious tale about a devastating, highly metaphorical virus, but her ...
Variety

Cannes Films ‘Alpha,’ ‘Nouvelle Vague,’ ‘Colors of Time’ and ‘The Great Arch’ Showcase Growing Maturity of French VFX Sector

“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 ...
The Globe and Mail

The love and fury of Alpha’s Julia Ducournau, the omega of France’s extreme-cinema wave

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 ...