Luca Guadagnino had a fantastic 2024. It doesn't often happen anymore that a director releases two movies in a single year to the quality of both Challengers and Queer , but he did it. And that two-punch appears to be just the start of a momentum he is riding high. His name has been prospectively attached to a new version of Lord of the Flies and a remake of American Psycho , his next project is going to be the Sam Altman movie -he is one of the busiest filmmakers in Hollywood right now. But the pedigree his name has carried may be in jeopardy and his run of triumph ended if After the Hunt is any indication. Maybe his successes have gotten to him, maybe this movie is just demonstrative of contentious proclivities that were always there but have gone unnoticed, or maybe he just needed writer Justin Kuritzkes -who penned both of last years’ films- more than we realized (this script is credited to one Nora Garrett), but for the first time it really feels like th...
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