“Queer” (2024) Review

Queer feels like the ultimate challenge for director Luca Guadagnino. He tries to adapt the William S. Burroughs novel in a way that explores something left unsaid about the author’s novella that was unpublished for years. Even when the book was published, Burroughs still felt detached from the queer community, and it’s an angle that Guadagnino seems interested in exploring. Doing so requires searching around far outside the director’s comfort zone, taking this historical drama into some darkly...