It propels the energy hidden within the players — their desire to win both the game and the girl. The score, composed by ...

In Luca Guadagnino's hip ... audiences in the film's climactic match. Far from your typical sports movie, "Challengers" is less concerned with the final score than with the ever-shifting dynamic ...

When Luca Guadagnino and Zendaya discussed the final frame of Challengers, they used one specific word: Primal. The film ends on a cliffhanger of sorts during the central tennis match’s tiebreak ...

Years before he directed Challengers, Luca Guadagnino created the coming-of-age miniseries We Are Who We Are, based on an original idea by writer Paolo Giordano. The series starred Jack Dylan ...

There are so many things that don’t make sense in the world right now, and one of them is Challengers ... matches forever. No love for Ross and Reznor’s Queer score either—or the entire Luca ...

Both films, directed by Kuritzkes' friend and collaborator Luca Guadagnino ... Rock character. As Challengers and Queer continue to dominate awards season (both films recently competed at the 2025 ...

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