Few filmmakers can convey the all-consuming ache of desire and love better than Luca Guadagnino, director of the Zendaya-led “Challengers” and the Timothée Chalamet front-loaded “Call Me By Your Name.

Daniel Craig’s James Bond days are firmly behind him, and he is now enjoying life in yet another franchise: Knives Out. The Craig-led murder mystery films have been major hits, each receiving positive ...