A24's 'Queer' trailer is a lusty dream with Daniel Craig

Luca Guadagnino meets William S. Burroughs in this steamy, surreal adaptation.
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Shannon Connellan
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Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey sit huddled under one yellow towel on the beach in a still from the film "Queer."
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If you've been waiting for a dreamy, lust-fuelled look at Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino's buzzy new film, Queer, A24 has dropped the trailer.

Guadagnino reteamed with Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes to adapt the 1985 novel by William S. Burroughs, a scintillating, surreal, and steamy tale of American expats set in Mexico City. Daniel Craig stars as William Lee, a man who fields his sense of loneliness in the city with copious amounts of tequila, bravado, and his melodramatic pal Joe (Jason Schwartzman). When he meets enigmatic soldier Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), who's visiting the city, it's a fully intoxicating connection.

Queer premiered at Venice International Film Festival and is finally ready to hit cinemas, in limited release Nov. 24.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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