Luca Guadagnino

cinephiles assemble Dec. 13, 2024

Likely Place for Denis Villeneuve and Luca Guadagnino to BeThey’re paired up in this year’s Directors on Directors lineup.

By Jennifer Zhan

you’re terribly important to me Dec. 13, 2024

Oh, He’s Blond But a PsychoAustin Butler is reportedly Luca Guadagnino’s Patrick Bateman.

By Jason P. Frank

movie review Nov. 27, 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

why’d you make this film? Nov. 27, 2024

Just How Queer Is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Anyway?I didn’t recognize the William Burroughs I knew in it. So I got on a Zoom with the director.

By Ira Silverberg

queer Nov. 7, 2024

Mubi Cancels Film Festival After Turkey Banned Luca Guadagnino’s QueerThe opening film was banned in the country for “provocative content that would endanger the peace of society.”

By Alejandra Gularte

gonna make you sweat Oct. 29, 2024

Queer Looks Hot (Temperature-Wise)There’s a lot to look at in the trailer, like shiny Daniel Craig.

By Jason P. Frank

coming soon Oct. 18, 2024

"Queer" Special Presentation - 68th BFI London Film Festival

Italian Auteur Takes the American PsychoLuca Guadagnino is directing a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel.

By Alejandra Gularte

brainstorming Sept. 4, 2024

"Queer" Red Carpet - The 81st Venice International Film Festival

Which DC Superhero Should Luca Guadagnino Adapt?From Challengers to challenging the sexless norms of comic book movies.

By Bethy Squires

venice 2024 Sept. 3, 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

venice 2024 Sept. 3, 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

we’ll get it in post Sept. 2, 2024

The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" - Arrivals

The Stars of Queer Discuss Sex Scene ADRLuca was like, “Can you do noises?” I was like, “Okay.”

By Bethy Squires

molto bene Aug. 28, 2024

A24 Can Host Luca Guadagnino’s QueerLikely place for it to be.

By Bethy Squires

vulture sports May 1, 2024

The Actual Tennis in Challengers Is Kind of a ServeZendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor not only get their athletic forms right, they also embody specific tennis archetypes.

By Joe Reid

pulls stool closer Apr. 30, 2024

The Horniest Food in Challengers, Ranked From Least to MostTalk about a snack-rich diet.

By Fran Hoepfner

u.s. open Apr. 28, 2024

Challengers Scores Luca Guadagnino His Biggest Box Office Opening YetThe tennis film came in first at the box office with $15.2 million.

By Tom Smyth

let’s go down to the tennis court Apr. 26, 2024

Challengers Reminded Serena Williams of Roger FedererWhat? He’s a wife guy like Art.

By Jason P. Frank

close read Apr. 26, 2024

There Are Actually Two Almost-Threesomes in ChallengersOne’s in a hotel room and the other’s on the tennis court.

By Alison Willmore

endings Apr. 26, 2024

A Tennis Dummy’s Guide to the Ending of ChallengersSo, uh, who won that last match?

By Joe Reid

catchphrases Apr. 24, 2024

BAFTA Hosts Los Angeles Special Screening Of "Challengers"

New ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ Just Dropped“People, kiss! Do not make war,” Challengers director Luca Guadagnino coins.

By Zoe Guy

movies Apr. 23, 2024

With Challengers, Justin Kuritzkes Serves an AceHis first movie script for the sexy tennis drama has taken him from struggling playwright to in-demand screenwriter.

By Madeline Leung Coleman

movie review Apr. 22, 2024

Challengers Is Almost a Sexy MovieJust like it’s almost a good tennis film, and almost the mature starring role Zendaya needed.

By Angelica Jade Bastién

party report Apr. 17, 2024

That’s Zendaya’s Assistant Playing an Umpire in ChallengersDarnell Appling says director Luca Guadagnino felt the “strong spirit of truth and justice” in him.

By Alejandra Gularte

park city confidential Jan. 20, 2023

Sundance Returns with Cannibalism Comedy and the Indigo Girls[Indigo Girls Voice] We went back to the mountains and found some pretty good Armie Hammer jokes.

By Rebecca Alter

delectable Dec. 2, 2022

Hollywood Couldn’t Risk Making a Movie Like Bones and AllLuca Guadagnino knew Hollywood didn’t have the requisite taste for flesh. So to finance his first American-set movie, he turned to an Italian backer.

By Chris Lee

movie review Nov. 18, 2022

Bones and All Is Curiously BloodlessEven though, as a cannibal road-movie romance, it technically has a lot of blood in it.

By Bilge Ebiri

coming soon Nov. 16, 2022

What (or Who) Is Bones and All Cooking Up?Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet slay in the gory cannibal romance.

By Zoe Guy

see you in court Feb. 11, 2022

Zendaya Will Play a Married Tennis Coach in Luca Guadagnino’s ChallengersMike Faist and Josh O’Connor are in talks to join her in the romantic drama.

By Jennifer Zhan

and i said what about Jan. 7, 2022

Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to Play My Fair LadyIn a Luca Guadagnino biopic for Apple.

By Rebecca Alter

movies Jan. 29, 2021

Timothée Chalamet and Luca Guadagnino Could Reunite for a Film About CannibalismAnd it prompted a reply from Elizabeth Chambers, ex-wife of Armie Hammer.

By Justin Curto

spoilers Nov. 2, 2020

Jack Dylan Grazer Talks the We Are Who We Are Finale’s ‘Final Answer’“It’s such a satisfying moment for them, and especially for the audience.”

By Jen Chaney

vulture festival 2020 Oct. 27, 2020

Luca Guadagnino Has Plans for Making Elio Perlman CryInside a movie theater. Imagine.

By Anne Victoria Clark

tv review Sept. 11, 2020

We Are Who We Are Is Coming-of-Age PoetryLuca Guadagnino’s leisurely aesthetic translates beautifully to television, where it can spread out and just be.

By Jen Chaney

trailer mix Aug. 30, 2020

We Are Who We Are Trailer: Living, Loving, Brooding on a Military Base in ItalyThe eight-episode limited series from director Luca Guadagnino debuts on September 14.

By Jackson McHenry

somewhere in northern italy… July 30, 2020

Pixar’s Luca Sounds Like an Animated Call Me by Your NameItaly, a friendship, a summer: the movie.

By Hunter Harris

ok interesting July 29, 2020

Luca Guadagnino and Seth Rogen Are Servicing You With a Scotty Bowers MovieIt’ll be a film based on the 2017 documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.

By Zoe Haylock

coronavirus May 27, 2020

The Best Movies to Watch in Quarantine, According to Famous DirectorsWant to disappear into a movie? We asked Luca Guadagnino, Claire Denis, Michael Mann, David Lynch, and more to recommend some escapist films.

By Vulture Editors

reboots May 14, 2020

Say Hello to Luca Guadagnino’s Little Scarface RebootWritten by the Coen brothers.

By Zoe Haylock

coronavirus Mar. 16, 2020

What Luca Guadagnino Is Reading, Watching, and Thinking About in LockdownThe Milan-based director of Call Me by Your Name is still working, but he goes outside only to retrieve his newspapers.

By Luca Guadagnino

As told to Hunter Harris

adaptations July 29, 2019

Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct Lord of the Flies Without Gender SwappingSomewhere in the Pacific Ocean…

By Zoe Haylock

fashion du jour Nov. 6, 2018

Suspiria’s Costume Designer Explains 10 of the Film’s Chic Looks“With Suspiria there was no limit,” says Giulia Piersanti.

By Jordan Crucchiola

deep dives Oct. 31, 2018

How Suspiria Created Its Dances of DeathChoreographer Damien Jalet talks about pagan rituals and the influence of Gorgons.

By Jordan Crucchiola

party report Oct. 29, 2018

Armie Hammer Says Call Me by Your Name Sequel Might Be a Few Years AwayEnough time for him to consider eating the peach!

By Hunter Harris

a closer look Oct. 26, 2018

How Luca Guadagnino Brought Suspiria’s Bloodiest, Wildest Scene To Life“I’ve never filmed anything like that, and I doubt I’ll ever film anything like it ever again.”

By Jordan Crucchiola

suspiria Oct. 25, 2018

How Suspiria Gutted the Original Mystery and Put Its Witches ‘in Charge’“We got rid of that question — are they or aren’t they witches — in the first ten minutes of the film,” says the new Suspiria’s screenwriter.

By Hunter Harris

chat room Oct. 24, 2018

Luca Guadagnino Reveals Dakota Johnson’s Secret Second Role in Suspiria“I’ve never said it to anybody, but this is a little present for Vulture.”

By Nate Jones

explainers Oct. 23, 2018

Who Are the Three Mothers of Suspiria?A guide to the witches Tenebrarum, Lachrymarum, and Suspiriorum.

By Jordan Crucchiola

movie review Oct. 23, 2018

Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria Remake Casts No SpellIt takes everything deliriously surreal in the original and lumbers it with German history, gender studies, and cloddish dance/performance art

By David Edelstein

sequels Oct. 8, 2018