Tag: Call Me By Your Name

"You look like you’re ready to explode!" If you ever browsed the shelves of a video store you’ve probably come across the iconic cover for Twins, the 1988 buddy comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. It’s about two strangers who learn they were the results of a genetic experiment and separated at birth. Though they couldn’t be more different—physically and tempermentally—Julius and Vincent develop an unbreakable bond. But what if, instead of brothers, DeVito and Schwarzenegger played lovers? That’s the idea...

While Call Me By Your Name didn’t receive a heaping of awards at the 90th Annual Academy Awards last night, it did make history with one award it did receive. Out screenwriter James Ivory won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work adapting the script from the original 2007 novel by André Aciman. During his acceptance speech, Ivory got on stage, while wearing a shirt with Timothée Chalamet’s face drawn on it, and thanked the two man cast members....

God's Own Country is the movie that Call Me By Your Name fans had to answer to when talking with woke gay indie cinema insiders over the past few months, and while the acclaimed Brit flick is a must-watch in its entirety, today you can dip your tip into the water with the full nude and gay scenes! This January we checked out some stills from the movie, but today is the real freaking deal. And ya. This is...

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named Call Me By Your Name its 2017 Best Picture winner, with the film’s young star Timothée Chalamet also picking up Best Actor as the independent gay romantic drama added to its early awards-season haul Saturday. The film’s director, Luca Guadagnino, shared the association’s Best Director prize with Guillermo del Toro, whose film The Shape of Water also landed Sally Hawkins the Best Actress prize. Supporting actor honors went to Willem Dafoe and Laurie...

November 27, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- “Call Me by Your Name,” which opened nationwide Thanksgiving weekend, is about an older man’s affair with a 17-year-old boy. And while the movie is garnering rave reviews from urbane elites, their acclamations about the storyline are not quite accurate. This is not a romantic tale about the awakening of homosexual desire in and between two men: It is a story about a man and boy whose relationship sparks homoeroticism and flirtation, which then turns...

Armie Hammer has a response for critics of the age gap in his new picture, Call Me By Your Name. The film follows the summer romance shared by an American student in his mid-20s (Hammer), and a 17-year-old Italian son of a professor (Timothée Chalamet). Hammer told the Hollywood Reporter: "We weren’t trying to make some salacious, predatory movie. "The age of consent in Italy is 14. So, to get technical, it’s not illegal there. Whether I agree with that or not, that’s...

'You know you live in a state where the age of consent is 16?' Armie Hammer has clapped back at a critic of the age gap gay romance depicted in his new movie Call Me By Your Name. The Hollywood heartthrob stars in the movie as Oliver – a 24-year-old academic who steals the heart of a 17-year-old Italian named Elio. The film has received critical acclaim. It currently boasts a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, not everyone is impressed, with...

Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet star in the eagerly-anticipated big screen adaptation of André Aciman's 2007 novel. As anticipation builds for the release of gay romantic drama Call Me By Your Name this autumn, producers have unveiled the first official poster for the big screen adaptation of André Aciman critically-acclaimed 2007 novel, starring The Social Network‘s Armie Hammer and Homeland‘s Timothée Chalamet. Set in 1980s Italy, the book and film chronicle the impassioned love affair of a 17-year-old American boy, Elio...

Get a first look at this modern gay classic. We reported that Call Me By Your Name, director Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of André Aciman’s coming-of-age novel, would keep its queer romance intact. Now the first clip is out from the film—starring Timothee Chalamet as 17-year-old Elio and Armie Hammer as 24-year-old tutor Oliver—and it’s packed with sexual tension. In it, Oliver and Elio are playing volleyball, practically as a form of foreplay, with the teen turning sour when his older friend passes...