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RAW — Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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That ambulances were dispatched to TIFF screenings of the French cannibal film Raw to treat traumatised viewers has become as much a part of the general story of director Julia Ducournau’s rise as the film itself. In person, there’s a certain irony to this: she is surely the least likely person to warrant comparisons to someone like William Castle. Read more>>

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is a multi-award-winning film critic and author who has published nine books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema with an emphasis on gender politics, including the 2020 book ‘1000 Women in Horror, 1898-2018’ which was included on Esquire Magazine’s list of the best 125 books written about Hollywood. Alexandra is a contributing editor at Film International, a columnist at Fangoria, an Adjunct Professor at Deakin University, and a member of the advisory board of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies (LA, NYC, London).