Guadagnino’s intoxicating adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novella about the sensual connection between two men exudes profound feelings that coalesce and ache the body, mind and soul, boasting what could be a career-best performance by Daniel Craig.
Guadagnino’s meta faux-documentary is messy, tonally jarring and insensitive, but Tilda Swinton as actress-narrator-interviewer makes it more palatable to accept as his debut feature reconstructs a ghastly real-life murder with curious sensationalism.
Remarkably crafted and told refreshingly in a non-linear way, Guadagnino transforms tennis into a three-way psychological match in hell, where romantic entanglements serve up ‘underhands’ and ‘double-dealings’ that take morally contentious turns.
Guadagnino’s latest is a mild disappointment, a coming-of-age road movie featuring two cannibal lovers that rarely comes close to breaking out of its conceptual conceit.
Continue reading →An alluring, and at times, erotically-charged work that sees some extremely fine acting by its quartet of star performers.
Continue reading →Elegantly-directed with a visual style that is sumptuous, this is a work by a promising filmmaker.
Continue reading →A lengthy affair it may be, but this re-envisioning of Argento’s cult horror classic works on its own nightmarish terms in what is also a strong stylistic and technical exercise.
Continue reading →Sensual and resplendent the film may be, but Guadagnino’s masterstroke is to give life to the unspoken—in this case, the bittersweet intimacies of a burgeoning queer romance.
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