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The Romanticized Squalor of Queer
Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs’s novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true.
Daniel Craig recently received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s second feature of 2024. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a ravishing, dreamlike and obtuse film, in ...
Forget all the pearl clutching over Daniel Craig wiggling out of his James Bond bondage to take on a gay role in "Queer," now ...
There’s no question that books are the kinds of gifts that keep on giving. These titles by queer (and queer-friendly) authors ...
Oscar Hijuelos's 'Mr. Ives' Christmas' doesn't start out as a cheery story—but in the end, this parable of good will lost and ...
Daniel Craig defends the s*xual elements in Queer as they are critical to the story that Luca Guadagnino wants to share with ...
In quiet ways, that change of location proves transformative for all three, bringing them peace and a sense of community ...
In this book extract from ‘What Do You Call It? From Grassroots to the Golden Era of UK Rap’, author David Kane examines the ...
Kurt Cobain imitated them, R.E.M. supported them, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would never have existed without them. The most ...
As William Lee, Burroughs’ frequent ... But it’s more observant than most romantic films in that its imbalance totters truthfully; as the poet sang, “Love is never equal/ … Someone always ...
Burroughs surrogate — William Lee, a gay American living in exile ... FEINBERG Ted Hughes in 2003’s Sylvia, with Gwyneth Paltrow. CRAIG An angry poet. FEINBERG Also in 2004 was Layer Cake, Matthew ...
Gazing out from his seat before the stage, his perceptions slightly warped by the lingering effects of LSD, the poet and counterculture icon ... shaded the craggy face of his friend, William S.