Critics like to use the words “sensuous” and “romantic” to describe the films of Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love; Call Me By Your Name; Bones and All). While the Italian director has a penchant for sex scenes, his latest movie, Challengers—a love triangle set on the professional tennis circuit—leans heavily into the darker aspects of desire. “I think it’s a mistake for a filmmaker to see a body as solely sensual,” Guadagnino recently said. “There is also movement, interaction, physicality and the clash of bodies.” Zendaya plays Tashi, a tennis superstar who becomes a coach when her career is cut short by an injury. Her one client is her husband, Art (Mike Faist), who is set to compete against Patrick (Josh O’Connor), the longtime best friend he fell out with when they both went after Tashi. By the end of the film, their clothes—masterminded by Jonathan Anderson (JW Anderson; Loewe)—are drenched in sweat. —Jensen Davis