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venice 2024

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Is More Challenging Than You Might Expect

 For such a hot movie, this Daniel Craig–starring William S. Burroughs adaptation sure feels emotionally sealed off. By Alison Willmore
venice 2024

How Explicit Are the Sex Scenes in Queer?

 Ahead of the film’s Venice premiere, Guadagnino called his new film’s sex scenes “numerous and quite scandalous,” and this was not false advertising. By Nate Jones
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The 2024–25 Movies Fantasy League Is About to Kick Off

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  1. theatrics
    Looks Like Trump’s Team Couldn’t Get the Trump Movie DumpedThe Apprentice now has a teaser clip and a Kickstarter campaign that could make you the proud owner of a toupée worn by Sebastian Stan.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  2. o-town
    The 2024 Venice International Film Festival Standing-O-MeterPeople can “be adults in the room” and applaud Queer for 590 seconds.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. wig
    Hey, Why Did Glenn Close Say That?Why does she say the things she says? Wear the wigs she wears?
    By Bethy Squires
  4. venice 2024
    How Explicit Are the Sex Scenes in Queer?Ahead of the film’s Venice premiere, Guadagnino called his new film’s sex scenes “numerous and quite scandalous,” and this was not false advertising.
    By Nate Jones
  5. yelling
    Welcome to the Movies Fantasy League PreseasonOur free game is back for its biggest campaign yet, with more prizes, players, and expected pandemonium than ever before.
    By Vulture Editors
  7. venice 2024
    Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Is More Challenging Than You Might ExpectFor such a hot movie, this Daniel Craig–starring William S. Burroughs adaptation sure feels emotionally sealed off.
    By Alison Willmore
  8. venice 2024
    James Bond’s Sexuality Is None of Luca Guadagnino’s Business“The important thing is that he does his missions properly.”
    By Justin Curto
  9. vulture sports
    The 2024–25 Movies Fantasy League Is About to Kick OffSign up by October 3 in order to secure your chance to score big this season.
    By Vulture Editors
  10. vacation time
    Even the Box Office Is Taking a Break on Labor Day WeekendDeadpool & Wolverine passes a milestone only 15 other movies have done.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  11. we’ll get it in post
    The Stars of Queer Discuss Sex Scene ADRLuca was like, “Can you do noises?” I was like, “Okay.”
    By Bethy Squires
  12. coming soon my precious
    Gandalf Joins The Hunt for GollumSir Ian McKellen is down to clown in Hobbiton.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  13. venice 2024
    Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Are Perfectly Imperfect TogetherWho could blame Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door for being more interested in its leading ladies than in contemplating death?
    By Alison Willmore
  14. venice 2024
    A Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of The BrutalistA mostly spoiler-free summary of how Adrien Brody’s new movie spends its 215 minutes. (Yes, that’s three and a half hours.)
    By Nate Jones
  15. trailer mix
    2073 Presents the Slow Creep to ApocalypseThe fiction-documentary hybrid premiered out of competition at Venice.
    By Bethy Squires
  16. venice 2024
    Tilda Swinton Confirms She Has Never Been Afraid to DieAt a press conference for her new Pedro Almódovar movie, she confirmed what the world has long assumed.
    By Nate Jones
  17. now streaming
    The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Labor DayDestiny has brought you this day off.
    By Savannah Salazar
  18. spooky season
    Why Is the Internet Starting Spooky Season Early?Blame Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Or global warming?
    By Bethy Squires
  19. no <3
    George Clooney Says Reports of his Wolfs Salary Have Been Greatly ExaggeratedClooney to NYT: Nuh-uh!
    By Bethy Squires
  20. venice 2024
    Controversial Point: George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are Good TogetherWolfs is fine as a comedy but great as a star vehicle that makes you wonder why it took so long for its leads to reunite.
    By Alison Willmore
  21. telluride 2024
    Saturday Night Isn’t Factually Accurate, But It Feels Spiritually TrueThe SNL movie plays like an anxiety dream, and the dreamer in this case is Lorne Michaels.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  22. venice 2024
    The Brutalist Is Half Of A Great MovieA terrific Adrien Brody anchors this three-and-a-half-hour American saga whose ambitions end up exceeding its grasp.
    By Alison Willmore
  23. venice 2024
    Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion Made Me SickIn a “let me off the roller coaster before I throw up” way, not a “this is disgusting” way.
    By Alison Willmore
  24. practical sets
    No, the Criterion Closet Isn’t Actually a TruckIt’s not movie magic, the Criterion Closet videos are filmed in a real closet.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  25. venice 2024
    There’s an A24 Easter Egg in BabygirlThe studio’s upcoming erotic drama has found a new way to signal that it’s an A24 movie: it was shot inside A24’s own New York office.
    By Nate Jones
  26. venice 2024
    Is This the Year Harris Dickinson Goes From Anonymous Hunk to Onymous Hunk?His performance in Babygirl is a display of rare erotic power, and it may finally turn Dickinson from one of the guys, to The Guy.
    By Nate Jones
  27. movie review
    Reagan Is Almost Fun-Bad But It’s Mostly Just Bad-BadDespite the campy fun of its casting, this hagiography is mostly just a big, shallow bore.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  28. venice 2024
    What Is This TV Show Doing in My Film Festival?No film festival has embraced TV as much as Venice has this year, with Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer premiering as the first of four shows.
    By Nate Jones
  29. girl so confusing
    I Want Your Sex Just Got a Whole Lot BrattierCharli XCX joins Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman in the film.
    By Justin Curto
  30. movie review
    Hemingway’s Worst Novel Is Now a Slightly Better MovieIn Across the River and Into the Trees, a tortured Liev Schreiber wanders romantically through postwar Venice.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  31. belting it out
    Angelina Jolie Spent ‘7 Months’ in Opera-Diva TrainingTo achieve the “right illusion” with Maria Callas’s voice in Pablo Larraín’s latest.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  32. venice 2024
    Babygirl Might Just Be The Year’s Hottest MovieThough what’s great about this sexy Nicole Kidman-Harris Dickinson drama is how surprising it can be.
    By Alison Willmore
  33. pop culture syllabus
    Welcome to New MILF Cinema2024 is the year of onscreen moms climbing atop a youthful stud and running off into the sunset.
    By Rachel Handler
  34. vulture news network
    Dennis Quaid Thinks Reagan Is ‘Like Muhammad Ali’One of many insights into the presidential biopic that “wasn’t meant to be political.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  35. venice 2024
    With Maria, Can Angelina Jolie Sing for Her Oscar?Singing, stars, drugs, death, comebacks — if Maria checked any more boxes, it’d be a tax form.
    By Nate Jones
  36. venice 2024
    This Is Not Angelina Jolie’s Big ComebackHer starring role in Maria is her most ambitious in ages, and yet it feels like a snooze.
    By Alison Willmore
  37. blimey
    Peaky Blinders Doubles Up on Famous IrishmenBarry Keoghan’s joining the gang.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  38. molto bene
    A24 Can Host Luca Guadagnino’s QueerLikely place for it to be.
    By Bethy Squires
  39. tales from the criterion closet
    Winona Ryder Has Her Afterlife All Picked OutIf we’re talking Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life rules.
    By Bethy Squires
  40. coming soon
    Netflix Is in the Mood for AdulationAcquiring Pablo Larraín’s Angelina Jolie–starring Maria Callas biopic.
    By Rebecca Alter, Zoe Guy, and Jason P. Frank
  41. festival season
    The 18 Movies We’re Most Excited to See at Venice and TIFFTwo major film festivals are happening over the next two weeks in Venice and Toronto, setting the film world’s agenda for the rest of the year.
    By Nate Jones and Alison Willmore
  42. venice 2024
    Tim Burton Is Great AgainBeetlejuice Beetlejuice isn’t just a nostalgic retread — it’s a jolting reminder of what makes the director so seductive.
    By Alison Willmore
  43. awards szn
    Forget About Last Year’s Golden GlobesFor Nikki Glaser’s sake.
    By Jason P. Frank
  44. fall preview 2024
    Adam Pearson Is No WallflowerIn A Different Man, the actor has his biggest role to date in a dark comedy inspired by his upbeat personality.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. fall preview 2024
    14 Animated Films and Shows We Can’t Wait to See This FallWelcome your new viking, robot, Gremlin, and Lego overlords.
    By Daniel Dockery
  46. drama mama
    Oopsy! Deadpool Might Have Scabbed.Blake Lively said that Ryan Reynolds rewrote the rooftop scene from It Ends With Us. Why didn’t her director Justin Baldoni know?
    By Jason P. Frank
  47. coming soon
    Nicole Kidman Isn’t Brave Enough to Watch Babygirl“This is something you do and hide in your home videos. It is not a thing that normally is going to be seen by the world.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  48. trailer mix
    Keanu Reeves Plays Bratty HedgehogThe Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer looks like John Wick 5.
    By Rebecca Alter
  49. the fog of nostalgia
    No Movie Captures the Essence of Neil Young’s Best Songs Like Inherent ViceJust as Neil sings of an elusive past, Inherent Vice dangles a rush of emotions in front of you only to slip away the second you try to grasp them.
    By Chris Stanton
  50. fall preview 2024
    21 Movies We Can’t Wait to See This FallIncluding the most-talked-about titles from Cannes and a divisive epic from a New Hollywood legend.
    By A.A. Dowd
  51. box office report card
    The Crow Reboot Is DOAThe film flopped onto the number 8 spot in its first weekend.
    By Bethy Squires
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