The swan-song symbolism of this final moment of a love unrealized, as outlandishly dreamy as it may seem, actually draws on William S. Burroughs' own story, and how he unintentionally murdered his ...

A curator and confidant of the late William S Burroughs has said the writer and artist “broke down sobbing” when recalling the death of his partner. In 1951, Burroughs shot dead his common-law ...

Luca Guadagnino and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes tell IndieWire how they wove Burroughs' accidental and morbidly slapstick murder of his wife, Joan Vollmer, into their film. “Queer,” a new ...

Inspired by William S. Burroughs's novella, the film follows Daniel Craig as William Lee, an American in Mexico City who ...

In “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s ebulliently scuzzy and adventurous adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ early confessional novel, William Lee (Daniel Craig), a dissipated refugee from America ...

Queer, the adaptation of William S. Burroughs' seminal novel, was adapted by Justin Kuritzkes, directed by Luca Guadagnino and stars Daniel Craig.

In ’93, Nirvana’s tour manager Alex MacLeod drove Cobain over to meet Burroughs in Kansas around the start of Nirvana‘s In Utero tour. “Meeting William was a real big deal for him,” said ...

Daniel Craig is again in the Oscar mix for his fully committed work as the titular alcoholic in next week’s “Queer,” an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ slim novel.

A s David Cronenberg proved with his 1991 film Naked Lunch, adapting the often abstract works of writer William S. Burroughs requires an equally abstract approach, rather than strict adherence to ...

In this adaptation of Burroughs' autobiographical novel, Craig plays an American who falls hard for a younger man in 1950s Mexico City. It's a singular performance, but also a deeply human one.

Luca Guadagnino’s hugely disappointing adaptation of William S Burroughs’s posthumously published novella opens with Sinéad O’Connor’s cover of the Nirvana song All Apologies and ...

William S. Burroughs, the author of the "Queer" novel, in 1981. Paul Natkin / WireImage Both the novel and movie adaptation of "Queer" follow two protagonists and have a similar plot.