Paul Mescal’s sticky sex scene, Oscar buzz for a gay biopic & more thrilling fall film fest reactions
might just be proper awards contenders come the end of 2023. Our little cinephile hearts can barely take it!Let’s break it all down so you know which movies you need to put at the top of your must-watch lists…For many, the name Andrew Haigh is enough to consider a movie “highly anticipated.”The gay filmmaker made a name for himself with the sexy two-hander Weekend (but don’t sleep on his indie rent boy drama Greek Pete either!), and has just continued to deliver, including the blistering elderly romance 45 Years and the coming-of-age story Lean On Pete—not to mention, he helmed some of the best episodes of HBO’s Looking and the 2016 movie.So, we can admit we’ve been foaming at the mouth for his latest, All Of Us Strangers (based off an ’87 Taichi Yamada novel), which sounds like a return to the intimate, erotic gay love story of Weekend, but with a ghostly twist.Fleabag‘s “hot priest” Andrew Scott stars as Adam, a lonely forty-something gay man who begins a romance with his flirty younger neighbor Harry (short-short king Paul Mescal) after a chance encounter.
Around the same time, Adam visits his childhood home and is surprised to find his long-dead parents (Claire Foy, Jamie Bell) living there—not looking any older than the day they passed.Andrew Haigh’s ‘ALL OF US STRANGERS’ starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal debuts at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
pic.twitter.com/vMnpeKFD8gHow are these two stories connected? That’s one of the questions at the heart of what critics are already raving is a sensual, heartbreaking masterpiece.After its Telluride premiere, All Of Us Strangers debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% fresh score, with some lauding it as Haigh’s best, most personal film yet.
