Queer (titled onscreen as William S. Burroughs' Queer) is a 2024 period romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes, based on the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs.

Queer: Directed by Luca Guadagnino. With Daniel Craig, Daan de Wit, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga. In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community.

Luca Guadagnino’s wildly ambitious adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s cornerstone of transgressive gay literature finds the Italian director in formidable, gutsy mode, casting Daniel Craig in a transformative performance as Burroughs’s alter ego William Lee, pursuing his erotic desires among American expatriates in post-World War II ...

Sep 3, 2024 · When Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name came out in 2017, the director was criticised for the coyness of the two male lovers' sex scenes. Even the film's screenwriter, James Ivory, argued...

Jan 13, 2025 · Hazy visions, phantom touches, souls lingering where you left them; Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” is a mesmerizing encapsulation of what it means to love, and to lose.

6 days ago · Score: 4.5/5 . Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a soulful, heart-throbbing adaptation of the William S. Burroughs’ novella of the same name.. As his second film of 2024 following the sleek triumph of Challengers, Queer feels like a return to form for Guadagnino.Like all his films, it is overflowing with sensuality and tenderness.

Sep 3, 2024 · In “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s ebulliently scuzzy and adventurous adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ early confessional novel, William Lee (Daniel Craig), a dissipated refugee from America ...

Jan 18, 2025 · Dir. Luca Guadagnino — 3.5 Stars. Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Luca Guadagnino's newest film, "Queer." By Courtesy A24 Films. By Khadijah Olufayo, Crimson Staff Writer.

May 22, 2024 · Queer is a historical romantic drama that follows an American expat named Lee who lives in Mexico City in the 1940s. There he meets and becomes infatuated with...

Aug 26, 2024 · We already thought we couldn't get any more excited for Luca Guadagnino's upcoming film Queer, but now that we've heard there's a 3+ hour cut, we feel like the movie has now become more...