No one does a feel-bad romance like Luca Guadagnino, and the Italian filmmaker’s newest movie, Queer, is certainly no exception.
Directed by Guadagnino, with a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes (who also penned the script for Guadagnino’s other 2024 movie, Challengers, which opened in April), Queer is based on the semi-autobiographical 1985 novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs. Daniel Craig stars as William Lee, an American writer living in Mexico City in the 1950s, who spends his days chasing men and doing opioids. He pursues a young American man, Eugene Allerton (played by Drew Starkey), and the two fall into a passionate but troubled romantic entanglement, further complicated by Lee’s drug addiction.
Though hardly a cheery movie, Queer is nevertheless a gorgeous and romantic period piece, and a moving rumination on sexuality and self-hatred. Here’s what you need to know about where to watch Queer, and
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