Car Sex and Serial Killing in ‘Titane’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen), we squeezed in a look at screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen). Now we’re ready for more contemporary foreign content with Julia Ducournau‘s sophomore feature, Titane (2021). In the film, after […]

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‘Alpha’ – Julia Ducournau’s Third Movie Finds a Home at NEON

French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has established herself as a true genre visionary with her first two movies, first the cannibal film Raw (2016) and then the wild Titane in 2021. Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and Variety reports this afternoon that NEON has picked up the North American rights to the upcoming movie. NEON previously released Julia […]

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‘Alpha’ – ‘Raw’ and ‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau’s Third Movie

French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has established herself as a true genre visionary with her first two movies, first the cannibal film Raw (2016) and then the wild Titane in 2021. Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and though we don’t have any plot details at this time, we’re at least *hoping* […]

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[TIFF Review] ‘Titane’ Goes Full Throttle on Transgressive Body Horror and Dark Humor

Filmmaker Julia Ducournau broke out with a provocative debut feature that blended horror, comedy, and tenderness in a coming-of-age cannibal tale. It set the bar high for her anticipated sophomore effort, which Cannes reactions only bolstered. The reality is that Ducournau’s follow-up, Titane, continues what she started with Raw. Sexual and gender identity gets explored through provocative body […]

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Official Poster for Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’ Goes Up in Flames

French filmmaker Julia Ducournau (Raw) is back this year with new movie Titane, which NEON will be releasing in theaters en route to Halloween, on October 1, 2021. Check out the latest poster below, and watch the trailer here. Titane refers to “A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical […]

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Julia Ducournau’s Shocking Palme D’Or Winner ‘Titane’ Gets a Release Date!

Rev up your engines in preparation for this October! NEON increased our anticipation for the Halloween season by setting a theatrical release date for Titane on October 1, 2021. The news comes just days after director Julia Ducournau‘s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Raw won the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Titane refers to “A metal highly resistant to […]

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Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’ Won the 2021 Palme d’Or at This Year’s Cannes!

Outside of 2019’s Parasite, which I don’t consider a horror film, I’m not sure the genre has ever won as big as it just did at this year’s Festival International du Film de Cannes. It was announced over the weekend that Titane, director Julia Ducournau‘s hotly-anticipated follow-up to Raw, won the coveted Palme d’Or, the […]

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First ‘Titane’ Reviews: Julia Ducournau Shocks With “Controversial”, “Gory”, and “Ballsy” Body Horror

The car puns are turned to eleven with Raw director Julia Ducournau‘s latest shocker, Titane (acquired by NEON), which just premiered at the ongoing Cannes festival to a mixed-bag of reviews. The program says the plot follows a series of unexplained crimes where a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for […]

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