Queer
First screened in December 2024
Director: Luca Guadagnino. Cast: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Drew Droege, Henrique Zaga, Andra Ursula, Ariel Schulman, Colin Bates, David Lowery, Michael Borremans, Andrés Duprat, Lesley Manville, Lisandro Alonso. Screenplay: Justin Kuritzkes (based on the novel by William S. Burroughs).

   
Photo © 2024 A24 / The Apartment /
Fremantle / Frenesy Film Company
In Brief: Repeated veers between potent scenes and images and half-baked conceits. Might be a virtue? Queer keeps searching for itself.

VOR: ③  I'm surprised to feel mixed. Clearly, Queer takes many stylistic and topical risks. But it also repeats a lot of tropes and Guadagnino tics.

Grade: B

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