‘Alpha’ Review: 2021 Palme d’Or Winner Julia Ducournau’s AIDS-Era Horror Parable Is Arrestingly Original and Numbingly Over-the-Top
Four years ago, French writer-director Julia Ducournau came to Cannes with her sophomore feature, Titane, a movie that both shocked and dazzled audiences, then shocked a few more people by walking away with the Palme d’Or. It was only the second time a woman won the festival’s top prize, after Jane Campion did so 30…