Alpha (2025)
First screened in April 2026

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Director: Julia Ducournau. Cast: Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Louai El Amrousy, Finnegan Oldfield, Emma Mackey, Ambrine Trigo-Ouaked, Zohra Benbetka, Marc Riso. Screenplay: Julia Ducournau.

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Photo © 2025 Mandarin & Compaigne / Kallouche Cinéma, © 2026 NEON

In Brief: Obvious signs of director's personal investment, but grand concepts are muddled, pacing deadly. Characters, scenes adrift.

VOR: ③  You'd hardly call this safe cinema. The levels of risk and ambition should be parsed away from poor execution, but even they have limits.

Grade: C–

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