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TILDA

THE 1980s

FIRST LOVE • INTRODUCING THE ARTIST AND PERFORMER TILDA SWINTON IN HER DEBUT MOTION PICTURE, DEREK JARMAN’S CARAVAGGIO FROM 1986.

A NURSE’S STORY • DECONSTRUCTING A MOMENT OF RHAPSODIC EMOTION IN DEREK JARMAN’S WAR REQUIEM.

IN PRAISE OF ‘BENTO’S SKETCHBOOK’ • A SHORT ESSAY ON TILDA SWINTON, JOHN BERGER, AND A FRIENDSHIP THAT TRANSCENDED THE DECADES.

Friendship’s Death • Androgyny as political allegory is the mark of Tilda Swinton’s role in Peter Wollen’s 1987 two-hander, in which she plays a peacekeeping space cyborg.

The 1990s

ORLANDO MAGIC • In her subtle calibration of femininity and machismo, Tilda Swinton delivers one of the archetypal trans performances in Sally Potter’s iconic 1992 film, Orlando.

NO FEAR • A CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER JOHN MAYBURY ON COLLABORATOR AND “SCREEN GODDESS”, TILDA SWINTON.

Female Perversions • Tilda Swinton heads out west and makes a bold stamp on American indie film with her provocative role in Susan Streitfeld’s rich feminist tract.

THE 2000s

THE BIONIC WOMAN • An interview with prophetic artist/filmmaker, Lynn Hershman Leeson.

CHILDISH THINGS • A magical, mass produced figurine of Narnia’s White Witch provided a gateway into movies for a budding cinephile.

BRIGADOON PART 2 • A short oral history of the Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams

JULIA: AN ANECDOTE

THE 2010s

LADY STARDUST SANG HIS SONGS • ON TILDA SWINTON’S BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVID BOWIE.

CHANGES • TILDA SWINTON TOOK THE 2010S AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAKE HER CLAIM AS A NEW INCARNATION OF HOLLYWOOD SHAPE-SHIFTER, LON CHANEY.

Doctor Strange • Tilda Swinton’s intriguing 2016 toe-dip into the MCU provided us with valuable glimmers of genderfluid intent.

The 2020s

DREAM ACADEMY • On two works that demonstrate Tilda Swinton’s dedication to sleep and slumber as a form of performance.

METHOD IN MADNESS • Veteran composer Simon Fisher Turner on Tilda Swinton and the perpetual joys of being part of the Jarman inner-circle.

JOANNA ON TILDA • Master filmmaker Joanna Hogg reflects movingly on her relationship – working and personal – with her most vital collaborator, Tilda Swinton.

REVIEW

Ari Aster • The maverick filmmaker on how preaching to the choir was the furthest thought from his mind with provocative neo-western satire, Eddington.

Eddington

Honey Don’t!

The Courageous

Afternoons of Solitude

Young Mothers

The Life of Chuck

The Toxic Avenger

Islands

Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor • The writer/director/star of festival sensation, Sorry, Baby, on bellybutton piercings and finding a sombre humour and reflection in the subject of sexual abuse.

Happyend

Together

Little Trouble Girls

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Mother Vera

Ghost Trail

Signs of Life

Meet the Author • TOM HUDDLESTON, AUTHOR OF ‘DAVID LYNCH: HIS WORK, HIS WORLD’

The 69th BFI London Film Festival is coming very soon!

A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong

Enemy Territory

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Rosa La Rose: Fille Publique

In My Skin

Bonjour Tristesse

Aguirre, Wrath of God

Takashi Ishii: 4 Tales of Nami

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