Lucio Castro Discusses 'Drunken Noodles' and His Time-Bending Queer Cinema
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Ryan Lattanzio
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An interview with Argentine-Brooklynite filmmaker Lucio Castro about his third feature 'Drunken Noodles,' a summery, time-bending queer romance that stands out from the usual grim gay cinema. The article also discusses his 2025 Berlinale premiere 'After His Death,' an autumnal grief drama, and explores Castro's distinctive filmmaking style that plays with time and memory.
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· 3 pulledOne of the most uniquely beguiling, sexy, and unexpectedly uplifting gay films to come out in a year filled with the usual onscreen direness and dirge
You may recall the wounding time slippages of his directorial debut 'End of the Century' from 2019, wherein a 'Before Sunrise'-style romance gets the Cubist-painting treatment
His next feature, the 2025 Berlinale premiere 'After His Death,' an autumnal grief drama starring his frie
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