Queer (MA 15+)

Academy Award nominee Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) delivers an unflinching and seductive adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ groundbreaking novella in Queer, a provocative exploration of longing, identity, and self-destruction. Starring Daniel Craig in a career-defining performance racking up awards attention, this evocative period drama is a searing portrait of alienation and desire.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Cast: Daniel Craig, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Drew Starkey, Henrique Zaga, Omar Apollo

Director: Luca Guadagnino

★★★★★ "a beautiful film about male loneliness, and the way a solitary life can so easily shade into a life sentence" DAILY TELEGRAPH UK

★★★★ "This complex churn of emotions demands much from Craig, and he proves equal to the task....he gives possibly his finest performance to date." FINANCIAL TIMES

★★★★ "A dazzling, magnetic and abstract adaptation of William S. Burroughs" EL MUNDO

★★★★ "Craig is strangely magnificent...in this sometimes uproarious adaptation of William Burroughs’ autobiographical novel" GUARDIAN

★★★★ "Daniel Craig does [his] career-best work In Luca Guadagnino’s deeply surreal LGBTQ drama" SCREENRANT