Earlier this spring, MGM released the widely celebrated steamy tennis dramaChallengersstarringZendaya,Josh O’ConnorandMike Faist.
It was a significant box-office success.
Now in theaters,QueerstarsDaniel Craigas an American expatriate infatuated with a young military veteran in 1950s Mexico.
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From here on out, things get much, much better.
It never really tries to.Oh, what a show it all is, though.
Argento’s movie was essential as artistry elevating mindless pulp.
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Guadagnino’s take is a sprawling political-historical epic that runs one hour longer.
The impressive set pieces are as haunting as they are disgusting.
The characters and their supernatural methods are much further explored.
In a story of youthful exploration and the quest for identity, a teenager from Sicily chronicles her intimate adventures in a daring diary. Her confessions reveal a poignant and often troubling reflection on adolescence, capturing the intensity of emotions and the consequences of her explorations in a conservative setting.
Dakota Johnsonis terrific as ambitious ingenue Susy Bannion.
Some will succumb to the nightmare.
Others will finally wake up.
Starkey has a palpable allure, andJason SchwartzmanandDrew Droegeare hilarious in a way that’s not lacking for pathos.
The film explores themes of longing, isolation, and obsession.
Guadagnino should keep making horror pictures.
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A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter.
How was this performance not Oscar-nominated?
For that matter, how did this film not get more exposure?
A famous rock star’s vacation in Italy with her boyfriend is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.
This is Guadagnino’s first masterpiece, of three.
It’s a direct means of connection and a way of being seen.
Food can hit you just like music.
Or like a really damn good movie.
It’s a movie that feels first heartbreak without pulling its punches, while looking ahead to new loves.
Chalamet’s performance in the final shot alone should have won him the Oscar for which he was nominated.
First love and the proverbial summer that changed everything have never been realized more fully or so perfectly.
When was the last time an arthouse movie worked this well as giddy popcorn-munching entertainment?Drive, maybe?
It’s about the drive for excellence, but it’s way more interested in foibles.
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A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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Set in 1940s Mexico City, it follows an American expat named Lee (played by Daniel Craig) who becomes infatuated with a younger man, Eugene Allerton (played by Drew Starkey). The film explores themes of longing, isolation, and obsession.
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A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
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In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father’s research assistant.
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Follows three players who knew each other when they were teenagers as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner, and reignite old rivalries on and off the court.
