Luca Guadagnino

Crafting an alluring body horror film is a tricky feat, but it’s one that Guadagnino manages to pull off with grace — for the most part.

Soothing with intense melancholia and insistent cadence, Blood Orange embodies heartache on his latest EP.

Side-stepping criticism of opulence and high-dining, “The Truffle Hunters” rests itself on a modest backstop: the endearing group of hunters and their truffle-sniffing dogs.

His “Call Me By Your Name” is more than just a coming-out story — it is an audacious step into the public eye as an unapologetically queer Black man. 

I myself never experienced growing pains as seen on screen, and not just because I’ve stayed the same height since the eighth grade.

Fraser and Jonathan’s relationship continues to escalate on a trip to the countryside, an outing whose nature no one can seem to agree on.

The installment eschews any real plot development and focuses instead on what happens when the teenagers find themselves alone and unrestricted.

“Right here, right now #1” is a slow burn of an episode with few plot advancements, but it provides some subtle insights into the characters and relationships we’ll be following for the rest of the season. 

Run for the exits in disgust or fall for this manic pixie dream girl of a campy, supernatural thriller. Luca Guadagnino rebranded Dario Argento’s 1977 cult classic, “Suspiria,” in an exercise in Hollywood world building that’s about as polarizing as listening to your mate’s stories about gap year.

Yes, I can never read a book for the first time twice. But film adaptations offer the chance for two first impressions of the same story.