Drunken Noodles
Narrative shifts, flashbacks, folds, and even a dash of magical realism mark this quiet examination of modern queer relationships, presenting three facets of the romantic life of a young New Yorker.
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Friday, May 8, 2026
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Sunday, May 10, 2026
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One way relationships have changed in the e-commerce era? The delivery service industry has increased your dating pool—if you're as adventurous as Adnan (Laith Khalifeh), who one night hooks up (and shares the title dish) with a DoorDash guy while apartment-sitting in Brooklyn one summer. He's rebounding from relationship tangles the previous year, and you may want to find out more about the delivery guy and where that goes, but in Drunken Noodles writer/director Lucio Castro isn't interested in anything so rom-com formulaic; instead he veers into narrative shifts and fold-upon-foldings that will keep you intrigued and guessing. First comes the backstory of the artist whose works—homoerotic needlepoint—are being shown at the gallery where Adnan is interning, a tale spiced by a sprinkle of magical realism. (The visual artwork shown is by real-life artist Sal Salandra, an encounter which inspired Castro to make his film.) Second comes Adnan's romance with Iggie (Matthew Risch), which presents its own meta-mysteries. A brief postlude in Brooklyn's McCarren Park wraps up enigmatically this quiet but charged and compelling film, a 2025 success at Cannes' festival-within-a-festival ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema).
—Gavin Borchert
- Director: Lucio Castro
- Principal Cast: Guillermo Garcia Arriaza, Celine Costa, Joel Isaac, Laith Khalifeh, Ezriel Kornel
- Country: USA, Argentina
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 81 min.
- Producer: Julia Bloch, Lucio Castro, Barton Cortright, Joanne Lee
- Screenplay: Lucio Castro
- Cinematographers: Barton Cortright
- Editors: Lucio Castro
- Music: Robert Lombardo, Yegang Yoo
- Filmography: After This Death (2025), End of the Century (2019)
- Language: English, Spanish
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Strand Releasing
- International Sales: m-appeal