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Julia Ducournau
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Alpha review: Ignore the sniffy reception at Cannes. This is awesome
Few will endure Julia Ducournau’s follow-up to Titane without admitting they’ve sat through something out of the ordinary
Horror director David Cronenberg on his wife’s death: ‘I wanted to get into the coffin, to be with her body’
The Shrouds is an intensely personal film for the maker of The Fly, Dead Ringers and Crash
Titane director Julia Ducournau: ‘I thought the film was going to be way more controversial’
The French director’s new film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes
Srebrenica massacre drama shock winner in European Film Awards
Quo Vadis, Aida? scoops best film, director and actress prizes at ceremony in Berlin
Jane Campion: ‘If New Zealand can be Middle Earth, it can be Montana’
The director’s new film is a powerful study of masculinity set on a ranch in the 1920s
Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon
French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour
‘Cinema is not dead.’ Cannes film festival makes a promising return
After cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programme
The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle
Dunkirk blows away the competition
'Not everybody wants to confront death. And pay for the ticket'
The French director Katell Quillévéré’s ‘Heal the Living’ follows the journey of a heart from donor to transplant recipient
Raw review: a terrible beauty is born
This might be the most revolting film you’ll ever see, but there is a method to the madness of director Julia Ducournau
Cannibalism meets feminism in this new horror movie
Director Julia Ducournau’s feminist-cannibal horror-comedy ‘Raw’ made audience members faint in Toronto, but it's more than a horror movie; it’s a crossover movie
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