Guadagnino, Almodóvar, Larraín: this year’s Venice film festival already looks exceptional
Peter Bradshaw
A lineup for the senses includes Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux and Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. How nutritious it will prove remains to be seen
June 2024
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Josh O’Connor on Zendaya and gardening; Marina Hyde on the Met Gala; being a boy in 2024; and Philippa Perry offers advice on leaving a legacy - podcast
Double fault: Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court
Mike McCahill
‘I love work but I also love tending to my plants’: actor Josh O’Connor on gardening, reluctant stardom and getting ripped for Challengers
Challengers got everything right about my sport – apart from the sexiness
Luca Guadagnino’s sizzling, sharply scripted drama, co-starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, is such fun it’s almost indecent
Can Zendaya make the leap from tween idol to Hollywood heavyweight?
The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Challengers review – Zendaya aces uproariously sexy tennis-set love triangle
Luca Guadagnino’s terrifically absorbing screwball dramedy features a devastatingly cool leading lady, Josh O’Connor on rallying form and zinging extended dialogue rallies to match
September 2023
Venice film festival roundup – Adam Driver’s Ferrari roars in to soup up a subpar opening week
Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?
July 2023
Zendaya-led drama Challengers pulled from Venice film festival over strike
Luca Guadagnino tennis drama starring Zendaya to open Venice film festival
November 2022
Bones and All review – an elegant lovers-on-the-run road movie, with cannibals
Monster munch: how Bones and All’s cannibal chow was tastier than you might think
Stuart Heritage
Director Luca Guadagnino: ‘I was one of those isolated guys who found solace in horror’
Martin Scorsese at 80: Francis Ford Coppola, Steve McQueen and Woody Allen on the ‘greatest director alive’
September 2022
‘Godard shattered cinema’: Martin Scorsese, Mike Leigh, Abel Ferrara, Claire Denis and more pay tribute
Bones and All review – cannibal romance is a heartbreaking banquet of brilliance
