Queer
"Queer" was set to open the now-canceled annual Mubi Fest Istanbul before the Kadıköy District Governor’s Office deemed the film a "threat to public peace."
Interview
Kuritzkes wrote the definitive love triangle of 2024 with "Challengers," as his wife Celine Song had done for 2023 with "Past Lives." He tells IndieWire why troubled romantic triads drive their work.
Interview
"I only told a few friends because I honestly didn't want opinions about, 'Oh, your first role is a sex scene? I don't know, bro,'" Apollo told IndieWire.
"This ban not only targets a single film but also undermines the very essence and purpose of the festival," a company statement said after the local government banned the opening night feature.
Trailer
"Challengers" screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes adapted the film from William S. Burroughs' novella.
Filmmaker Interview
Guadagnino tells IndieWire about his very personal Bertolucci documentary and reveals he is adapting Thomas Mann’s “Buddenbrooks.”
RED CARPET
Starkey talks with IndieWire at the TIFF premiere about skipping chemistry reads with Daniel Craig and prepping for the role.
Red Carpet
"It was fun to make a cut to the window," Guadagnino told IndieWire at the TIFF premiere of his latest film written by Justin Kuritzkes.
Interview
Acting coach Terry Knickerbocker tells IndieWire about the preparation that went into Daniel Craig's performance in the new Luca Guadagnino film.
Oscar Chances
Venice: With "Queer," "The Room Next Door," and "The Brutalist," filmmakers Luca Guadagnino, Pedro Almodóvar, and Brady Corbet show why the festival keeps asking them back.
Venice
Venice: At the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino's latest film, star Daniel Craig took several bows, and co-lead Starkey took in the attention of an adoring crowd.
Venice
Venice: "When you're rolling around on the floor with someone the second day of knowing each other, that's a good way to get to know someone," co-star Drew Starkey said of the sex scenes in "Queer."
