‘Challengers’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Hello, I’m Luca Guadagnino, and I am the director and one of the producers of ‘Challengers.’ In this sequence, we see the two male characters of ‘Challengers’— Patrick Zweig, played …
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The tennis scenes in Zendaya-led Challengers are the sex scenes: director wanted to show ‘back and forth’ of love triangle
“The ball is the ephemeral, invisible force of desire,” says Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All. “I wanted to show desire going back …
Steamy Zendaya movie is this year’s ‘Saltburn’
movie review CHALLENGERS Running time: 131 minutes. Rated R (language throughout, some sexual content and graphic nudity). In theaters. When the movie “Challengers” hits Prime Video after its theatrical run, …
Challengers movie review: Zendaya excels as tennis prodigy in Luca Guadagnino’s sexy romantic drama
3.5/5 stars Luca Guadagnino swaps cannibals for tennis balls in Challengers, a breezy romantic drama starring Zendaya. The Italian director goes from his first American film, 2022’s Bones and All, …