CHALLENGERS (2024)

AKAPAD the FILM BUFF Podcast · Apr 3, 2025 · 8m

Luca Guadagnino delivered two films in 2024, and The Film Buff is all in. Given the strength of his previous works, AKAPAD decided to give Challengers another shot—and it did not disappoint. By the end, what unfolds might just be the greatest tennis film ever made. Those who brought us Challengers Main Cast Zendaya as Tashi Duncan Josh O'Connor as Patrick Zweig Mike Faist as Art Donaldson Darnell Appling as New Rochelle Final Umpire Shane Harris as Art's Security Guard Nada Despotovich as Tashi’s Mother AJ Lister as Lily Donaldson Naheem Garcia as Tashi’s Father Jake Jensen as Finn Larsen…