Luca Guadagnino Archives - Book and Film Globe

Facebook Is on Trial Again in ‘The Social Reckoning’

October 11, 2026October 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments **CSV tag list:** Aaron Sorkin, AI, algorithms, Artificial, Betty Gilpin, Bill Burr, Billy Magnussen, Capitol attack, David Fincher, extremism, Facebook, Frances Haugen, investigative journalism, January 6, Jeff Horwitz, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Luca Guadagnino, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Mikey Madison, misinformation, movie review, Sam Altman, Silicon Valley, social media, tech industry, The Social Network, The Social Reckoning, Wunmi Mosaku

Aaron Sorkin’s new film crackles with dialogue, but can he justify reopening a 2021 case?

Venice Crowns ‘Woman Unknown’

September 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 1900, A Good Little Soldier, Alba Rohrwacher, Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Boatbuilders, Bunker, Burgundy, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Golden Lion, Gregory Kershaw, Israel, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, John Malkovich, Joie de Vivre, Julia Loktev, Last Tango In Paris, Lee Chang-dong, Luca Guadagnino, Luke Lorentzen, Martin McDonagh, Mathilde Arcel, May El-Toukhy, Michael Dweck, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Primetime, Rachel Szor, Robert Pattinson, Stéphane Brizé, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Conformist, The Guardian, The Last Emperor, The Spiral, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Wild Horse Nine, Woman Unknown, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

May El-Toukhy takes the Golden Lion as class, power and inequality dominate the festival

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Is Timothée Chalamet the Last True Movie Star?

December 19, 2025December 23, 2025 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments A Complete Unknown, A24, Avatar Fire and Ash, Bob Dylan biopics, box office, Call Me By Your Name, Club Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Gen Z culture, James Cameron, Josh Safdie, Little Women, Luca Guadagnino, Marty Supreme, modern Hollywood, movie stars, Netflix, New York Film Festival, Ronald Bronstein, Timothée Chalamet, Warner Bros., Wonka

The lead in ‘Marty Supreme’ is the latest in an idiosyncratic, but successful set of roles

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‘After the Hunt’ Is Too Smart to Be This Dumb

October 13, 2025October 17, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments academic drama, After the Hunt, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloe Sevigny, feminism vs patriarchy, Julia Roberts, Luca Guadagnino, MeToo cinema, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nora Garrett, philosophy in film, Yale setting

Luca Guadagnino’s campus melodrama throws Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri into a #MeToo morality play with Hegel and Freud references

Furiosa

The Best Movies of 2024

December 20, 2024December 23, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Alice Rohrwacher, Anora, Bertrand Bonello, Between the Temples, Carol Kane, Challengers, Conclave, Daniel Craig, Demi Moore, Denis Villenueve, Denzel Washington, Dev Patel, Dune: Part 2, Emilia Perez, Furiosa, George Miller, Gladiator 2, Harmony Korine, I Saw the TV Glow, Isabella Rossellini, Jane Schoenbrun, Josh O'Connor, La Beter, La Chimera, Luca Guadagnino, Marielle Heller, Mikey Madison, Monkey Man, Nightbitch, Queer, Sean Baker, The Brutalist, The Substance, Timothée Chalamet, Will and Harper

Our critics know all

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BFG Podcast #177: ‘Dune: Prophecy’ and ‘Queer’

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Daniel Craig, Dune: Prophecy, Luca Guadagnino, Queer, William S. Burroughs

Neal Pollack, Scott Gold, and Stephen Garrett offer their expertise and wit on the cultural subjects that matter most

Queer

Don’t Look Away from ‘Queer’

December 11, 2024December 16, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Henrique Zaga, Jason Schwartzman, Justin Kuritzkes, Lesley Manville, Luca Guadagnino, Queer

Daniel Craig radiates in Luca Guadagnino’s uniquely expressive William S. Burroughs adaptation

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Sex Sells at This Year’s TIFF

September 12, 2024September 17, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adrien Brody, Babygirl, Daniel Craig, Harris Dickinson, Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino, Nicole Kidman, Pedro Almodóvar, Queer, The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, TIFF, Tilda Swinton, Toronto International Film Festival

Rawdogging it in Toronto with Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, and Pamela Anderson

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BFG Podcast #149

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Challengers, Josh O'Connor, Luca Guadagnino, Mike Faist, PEN America, Salman Rushdie, Zendaya

‘Challengers,’ writers intimidate PEN America, and a new memoir from Salman Rushdie

Challengers

Ball Boys

April 27, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Atticus Ross, Challengers, Josh O'Connor, Justin Kurtizkes, Luca Guadagnino, Mike Faist, Trent Reznor, Zendaya

‘Challengers,’ a spicy love-triangle tennis melodrama from director Luca Guadagnino

Venice

Venice Biennale 2023: The Show Goes On

September 8, 2023 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Bradley Cooper, Challengers, Don't Worry Darling, Edoardo de Angelis, Josh O'Connell, Luca Guadagnino, Maestro, Mike Faist, Pierfrancesco Favinio, Poor Things, Timothée Chalamet, Venice Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos, Zendaya

A film festival, mostly without stars

Top Ten

One of These Top Ten Films Lists Is Not Like The Others

December 13, 2022December 15, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Alex Garland, Bones and All, Do Revenge, Emma Thompson, Fire Island, Jessie Buckley, Joel Kim Booster, Jordan Peele, Luca Guadagnino, Maya Hawke, Men, Nope, Rory Kinnear, She Said, The Lost City, Timothée Chalamet, Triangle of Sadness, Woody Harrelson

“Sophisticated” or not, our critic chooses the movies that brought her joy this year

Bones and All

Fine Young Cannibals

November 20, 2022November 19, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet

‘Bones and All,’ a swoony ode to young love–and to eating people

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BFG Podcast #071: ‘The Rings of Power,’ the Venice Film Festival, and Review-Bombing

September 9, 2022September 11, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, Lars Von Trier, Luca Guadagnino, Noah Baumbach, The Rings of Power, Todd Field, Venice Film Festival

Our editor and writers break down the culture

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Lights, Camera, Lido!

September 6, 2022September 7, 2022 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, Athena, Cate Blanchett, Frederick Wiseman, Lars Von Trier, Luca Guadagnino, Nan Golden, Noah Baumbach, Paul Schrader, Romain Gavras, Tár, Timothée Chalamet, White Noise

A report from the Venice Biennale