Trending Now - Tom Sturridge and Ira Sachs Explore Love and 1980s NYC in Film

WHO:

Variety - Rami Malek stars in "The Man I Love" as an amateur theater performer.

Deadline - Ira Sachs is the filmmaker of "The Man I Love."

WHAT:

Variety - "The Man I Love" is described as a poetic and tender gay drama about love, lust, death, and art.

Variety - The film received a rapturous response after its premiere at Cannes.

Deadline - The film debuted in Competition at Cannes.

WHERE:

Variety - The film is set in late 1980s New York.

WHEN:

Deadline - The film debuted this week at Cannes.

WHY:

Deadline - Ira Sachs describes the film as feeling like an autobiography, tapping into the "incredible energy" and "darkness" of 1980s New York.

HOW:

Variety - The film explores the physical language of on-screen relationships.

(UPDATED May 22, 2026 15:55 UTC)

Rami Malek stars in "The Man I Love," a poetic and tender gay drama directed by Ira Sachs, which explores themes of love, lust, death, and art. Set in late 1980s New York, the film debuted this week at Cannes, where it received a rapturous response after its premiere. Sachs describes the film as feeling like an autobiography, tapping into the incredible energy and darkness of that era while examining the physical language of on-screen relationships.