Tag: Luca Guadagnino
Challengers Attempts to Challenge Jules and Jim in the Love Triangle Genre
In what is now surely the “instant classic” movie poster for Challengers, there is an illustrated version of Tashi Duncan (Zendaya)—her hair cropped short—wearing sunglasses [Read More…]
Hungry Love: Bones and All
Despite the alleged increasing “openness” of society to those who are “different,” there remains a paucity of films about cannibals. And even literary tales of [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #7: Timothée Chalamet, Rich, White Man, Says “It’s Tough To Be Alive”
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. “Societal collapse is in the air.” Apart from [Read More…]
There’s A Place For Armie Hammer in Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” Video
While some (read: conservatives) have been most “shocked” of all by the visual of Lil Nas X giving Satan a lap dance in the video [Read More…]
“This Isn’t Vanity, This Is Art”: Suspiria
At the end of Luca Guadagnino’s interpretation of the Dario Argento classic giallo, Suspiria, an audience member balks, “That was so bad.” It would seem [Read More…]
I Love Albicocca: Call Me By Your Name
“By the time you’re thirty, your heart gives out. And each time it gets harder to start with someone new… I’ve never come close to [Read More…]
Never Give Out the Family Recipe & Other Lessons Learned From I Am Love
As the rich tapestry of Luca Guadagnino’s work continues to develop, his 2009 tour de force, I Am Love, remains among his most memorable. Centered [Read More…]
A Bigger Splash Causes A Subtle Spatter
Though director Luca Guadagnino has been with us since the late 90s, it’s only since 2009’s I Am Love that the Italian rival to Paolo [Read More…]
