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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

New Suspiria Trailer – Tilda Swinton & Dakota Johnson star in the intriguing remake

August 23, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Ever since it was first hinted there might be a remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1977 horror movie Suspiria, people have been grumbling that it shouldn’t be touched. However, it appears from the new trailer for Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino’s new take on the story is keen to show this will be a very different film. And it’s potentially a very interesting one.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘As a darkness builds at the center of a world-renowned dance company, its artistic director (Tilda Swinton), a young American new to the troupe (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf) become entangled in a bloody, sighing nightmare.’

The movie will debut at the Venice Film Festival, before arriving in US cinemas in late October/early November. No UK release date has currently been finalised. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Grace Moretz  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  

Suspiria Trailer – Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson & Chloë Grace Moretz star in the long-gestating remake

June 5, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Ever since it was first hinted there might be a remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1977 horror movie Suspiria, people have been grumbling that it shouldn’t be touched. However, it appears the first trailer for Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino’s new take on the story is keen to show this will be a very different film.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘As a darkness builds at the center of a world-renowned dance company, its artistic director (Tilda Swinton), a young American new to the troupe (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf) become entangled in a bloody, sighing nightmare.’

The movie is due out towards to the end of the year. Take a look at the first trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Grace Moretz  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  

Call Me By Your Name Oscar-Winner James Ivory Wishes The Film Had More Nudity

March 29, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Remains Of The Day and Howard’s End director James Ivory recently became the oldest Oscar-winner ever for his screenplay for Call Me By Your Name. However, age doesn’t mean he doesn’t with there weren’t more flesh on the screen, as talking to The Guardian Ivory has criticised how the finished movie handled its nudity. He says:

‘“When Luca says he never thought of putting nudity in, that is totally untrue,” says Ivory. “He sat in this very room where I am sitting now, talking about how he would do it, so when he says that it was a conscious aesthetic decision not to – well, that’s just bullshit.

“When people are wandering around before or after making love, and they’re decorously covered with sheets, it’s always seemed phoney to me. I never liked doing that. And I don’t do it, as you know.” In Maurice, his 1987 film of EM Forster’s posthumously published gay love story, “the two guys have had sex and they get up and you certainly see everything there is to be seen. To me, that’s a more natural way of doing things than to hide them, or to do what Luca did, which is to pan the camera out of the window toward some trees. Well …” He gives a derisive snort.’

Although many have talked about the sexy side of the movie – most particularly the peach scene – the film is actually quite coy. It seems that if Ivory has been behind the camera, things would have been different.

The writer/director also spoke about why he kept his long-term romantic relationship with Ismail Merchant – the producer side of the famed ‘Merchant-Ivory’ filmmaking partnership – a secret until after Merchant died during surgery in 2005. Even though they made films that touched on gay themes – most noticeably 1987’s Maurice – they kept quiet about their own love.

Ivory says the reason was because, “That is not something that an Indian Muslim would ever say publicly or in print. Ever! You have to remember that Ismail was an Indian citizen living in Bombay, with a deeply conservative Muslim family there. It’s not the sort of thing he was going to broadcast. Since we were so close and lived most of our lives together, I wasn’t about to undermine him.”

Call Me By Your Name is still making headlines, most recently for being pulled from the Beijing International Film Festival, according to Reuters. There was no reason given for why it was pulled, but many assumed it was a result of a Chinese Government censorship crack down. LGBT themes have long had difficulty in the country, sometimes being allowed and sometimes banned. In the last couple of years there’s been concerted efforts to remove them from the big and small screen.

There’s also been renewed interest (some would say paranoia) about foreign ideas and morality being imported into China via movies and TV, with some fearing it as a kind of cultural imperialism that’s a threat to the unity of the Chinese people. It’s possible he Call Me By Your Name screening was a victim of worries over this, particularly following recent announcement that the government wanted to be even more hands on in its censorship role than it had been previously.

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DIRECTORS: James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  

Planned Call Me By Your Name Sequel Will Be Set During The AIDS Crisis

January 28, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Although the Oscar-nominated, gay-themed film, Call Me By Your Name, seems like a self-contained movie, director Luca Guadagnino has been talking about the possibility of turning it into a series of films, possibly made over several decades. Now he’s been talking about what the first of those follow-up movies may be, and where the story may go after Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver’s (Armie Hammer) romantic summer in Northern Italy in 1983.

Talking to Collider he says, “I think the next chapter it will be happening right after the fall of Berlin wall and that great shift that was the end of Russia, of the USSR, sorry. And we’ll see people leaving home and going in the world. That’s what I can say for now.”

He adds to THR, that it’s likely the AIDS crisis, “I think it’s going to be a very relevant part of the story… I think Elio will be a cinephile, and I’d like him to be in a movie theater watching Paul Vecchiali’s Once More.”

Vecchiali’s 1988 movie was the first French film to deal with AIDS.

Although it’s not known when we might see this sequel, Guadagnino has suggested it could be by 2020. “The texture we built together is very consistent. We created a place in which you believe in the world before them,” he says. “They are young but they are growing up. If I paired the age of Elio in the film with the age of Timothée, in three years’ time Timothée will be 25 as would Elio by the time the second story was set.”

There is some material to draw on for the follow-up movies, as the final 40 pages of Andre Aciman’s original novel detail what happens to Elio and Oliver in the 20 years after the main storyline. However, it’s not known if Guadagnino plans to stick to this or take it in a different direction.

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ACTORS: Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  

Gay-Themed Hit Call Me By Your Name Could Become A Series Of Films Told Over Decades

January 2, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

There’s currently a lot of speculation over whether the Oscars will shower praise on Call Me By Your Name or ignore it. Either way, it’s become one of the most praised and highest profile gay-themed releases of the past few years, and has certainly filled a lot of column inches.

Now director Luca Guadagnino has suggested this may not be the last we see of Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer). He’s previously hinted that he’d be interested in a sequel, but now he’s posited the idea of a series of films, potentially told over many years. There is material for this, as while the film suggests a finality to the love affair between 17-year-old Elio and 25-year-old Oliver, the original novel it’s based on quickly details what happens to the duo over the next couple of decades.

Talking to The Guardian, Guadagnino says, “These characters are so fantastic, and I want to know what happens to them. The last 40 pages of the book tell you about 20 years in the life of Oliver and Elio. So I started to think about Michael Apted’s Up, and the cycle of films [Francois] Truffaut devoted to the character of Antoine Doinel. And I thought, maybe it’s not a question of sequel, it’s a question of chronicling everyone in this film. I think seeing these characters growing in the bodies of these actors will be quite fantastic.”

Apted’s Up is a documentary series which has followed the same group of people from when they were seven, with the last film catching up with them when they were 56. Antoine Doinel meanwhile was essentially Truffaut’s alter-ego, who he included in several features and short films, over the course of more than 20 years.

This suggests that rather than an imminent sequel, Guadagnino envisions waiting a few years and then making a move that catches up with his characters, or perhaps just one of the characters, and shows up where their life has gone. It’s certainly an interesting idea, although one that is pretty ambitious, so even if he wants to do it, there’s no guarantee he’ll be able to. Equally, Call Me By Your Name is such a potent mixture, not least 89-year-old James Ivory’s meticulous and brilliant screenplay, that it would be difficult to capture lightning in a bottle again. It’ll certainly be interesting to see if it happens.

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ACTORS: Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino, Jame Ivory  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  

Call Me By Your Name Picks Up Three Golden Globe Nominations – See The Full List

December 11, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It still seems wrong that it’s not even the end of the year – with multiple major movies still to be released – but critics groups and awards ceremonies are already announcing their nominations and winners for the best films of the year. It’s largely due to the fact that a few years ago the Oscars decided to move closer to the start of the year, so all the other ceremonies and announcements also moved their dates up, many into early/mid-December.

Today one of the main bellweathers for the Oscar race was announced, the Golden Globe nominations. They were led by The Shape Of Water, which picked up seven nominations. It was a stronger showing than many expected, especially as it was competing in the Drama section (rather than the usually less competitive Musical or Comedy categories), and will help ensure that eyes are on it as we enter Oscar season.

Spielberg’s timely journalistic drama, The Post, was next with six nominations, the same number as Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – a film few had heard of until recently, but which is now shaping up to be a major Oscar contender. However, it just goes to show what an open race it is, as Call Me By Your Name, which has picked up several of the earliest Best Film awards, got just three nominations. It even missed out on a Best Director nomination of Luca Guadagnino, which many think it has a good shot of winning the Oscar for. However, all its noms were in major drama categories – Best Film, Best Actor for Timothee Chalamet and Best Supporting Actor for Armie Hammer.

Other than Call Me By Your Name and a couple of nominations for the loosely LGBT-themed Battle Of The Sexes (Best Actor and Best Actress for Steve Carrell and Emma Stone), there wasn’t much gay love in the film nominations, although Will & Grace picked up two nominations in the TV awards. There was also a love for female drama (of a rather camp-nature, it must be said) in the TV nominations, as they were led by six nomination for Big Little Lies and four for Feud: Bette and Joan. Both of those came out ahead of what many thought would be the leader – The Handmaid’s Tale, which only scored three nominations.

However, the biggest surprise for gay film fans was BPM missing out on a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. Many Critics Groups are expected to choose it as their best non-English Language movie (the The New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association have already done so), so the fact it’s not even on the noms list for the Globes is a big surprise.

Take a look at the full list of nominees below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Emma Stone, Steve Carell  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name, The Post, The Shape Of Water, Battle Of The Sexes  

Call Me By Your Name (Cinema Review) – Acclaimed first gay love for Timothee Chalamet & Armie Hammer

October 27, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Running Time: 132 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: October 27th 2017 (UK)

After garnering huge amounts of praise on its Sundance debut in January, many suggested Call Me By Your Name had the potential to be a Brokeback style mainstream crossover success. Although it’s unlikely to become the sort of box office hit Ang Lee’s 2005 Oscar-winner was, it is likely to appeal to a wider audience than most gay-themed movies, partly just due to its reputation.

The film, based on Andre Aciman’s acclaimed novel, is set in northern Italy in 1983, at the 17th Century villa of an American professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) and his family. Each summer the professor brings one of his students over, which results in 24-year-old Oliver (Armie Hammer) arriving at the house. He immediately catches the attention of the professor’s 17-year-old son, Elio (Timothee Chalamet). [Read more…]

Call Me By Your Name Clips – Armie Hammer dances & falls in love in the acclaimed gay-themed flick

October 13, 2017 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

There was lots of praise and plenty of column inches written follow Call Me By Your Name’s debut at Sundance, ensuring there’s plenty of anticipations for its cinema release. To give us a frsh taste of the film, a few clips hve been released, including one of Armie Hammer dancing in his very own special way.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

‘Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart.

‘One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.’

The film is due out in the UK on October 27th and in the US on November 24th. Take a look at some clips below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  

Call Me By Your Name Trailer – Take a look at the sensual gay Sundance hit starring Armie Hammer

August 1, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

There was lots of praise and plenty of column inches written follow Call Me By Your Name’s debut at Sundance, ensuring there’s plenty of anticipations for its cinema release. Now, just a few days after the first official poster was released, comes the trailer for the movie. Even from these brief scenes, you can start to feel why Sundance audiences liked it so much.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

‘Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart.

‘One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.’

The film is due out in the UK on October 27th and in the US on November 24th. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  

Armie Hammer Gay Drama Call Me By Your Name Gets Its First Poster

July 30, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Call Me By Your Name perhaps got the most buzz of any of the movies that debuted this year at Sundance, with many suggesting the gay-themed romantic drama has a good chance of becoming a crossover mainstream success. Now the first poster for the film has been tweeted out, which you can take a look at below.

The movie  is based on Andre Aciman’s novel of the same name and stars Armie Hammer as a 24-year old American scholar spending the summer of 1983 in Northern Italy, where he attracts the attention of a 17-year-old Jewish-American boy, played by Timothee Chalamet. Michael Stuhlbarg rounds out the cast as the boy’s father.

The film is set to be released on October 27th in the UK and November 24th in the US. Take a look at the poster below, and you can click here for a clip from the movie. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet  DIRECTORS: Luca Guadagnino  FILMS: Call Me By Your Name  
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