Luca Guadagnino's "Queer," based on the slender novel by William S. Burroughs and starring Daniel Craig as the Burroughs stand-in, is now in theaters nationwide from A24. And chances are, coming out of the psychedelic drama,

When director Luca Guadagnino first read the 1985 novella, “Queer” by William S. Burroughs, he was 17 — and it stuck with him. Many decades later, it’s the source of a new film starring Daniel Craig.

As the reimagining of William Burroughs’ book, 'Queer', hits cinemas, Wallpaper* speaks to director Luca Guadagnino, screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes and star, Daniel Craig about bringing the text to lif

Forget all the pearl clutching over Daniel Craig wiggling out of his James Bond bondage to take on a gay role in "Queer," now in theaters where the dark dazzle of the Brit star's portrayal just won him a Golden Globe nomination as best actor in a drama.

Queer's ending has split audiences who have seen Luca Guadagnino's new movie, but Daniel Craig has defended it in a new interview.

We are in Mexico City, in the 1950s. Sexual liberation (specifically queer liberation) is in the air. It is a place where writer William S. Burroughs lived and let loose – Queer is adapted from the 1985 Burroughs novella of the same name – and Guadagnino brings the world to life in a rush of unreal colours,

William S. Burroughs wrote his novella Queer about his own challenging history as a gay man in the 1950s. The Luca Guadagnino adaptation — though overwhelmingly faithful — changes the sentiment.