With Joanna Hogg’s sequel to her highly autobiographical film The Souvenir (2019), we take a look at one of its stars – Tilda Swinton. There has always been a certain indefinable quality to her iconic acting, refusing to ever be type-casted to a particular role. Tilda has continued to evolve with her incredible range of performances, becoming the muse for many auteurs. What makes her otherworldly, androgynous presence so unique and how does it relate to the roles she picks? Listen to our personal standout moments of a truly great idiosyncratic chameleon.

Next episode

While we take a short summer break from our longer form episodes, we have more conversations with directors in store. Upcoming episodes include talks with Urzula Antoniak and her new film Splendid Isolation (2022), Sara Dosa and her visceral documentary Fire of Love (2022), as well as Christian Tufdrup’s suspenseful thriller Speak No Evil (2022).

Films mentioned

(click on the links for tickets to screenings at LAB111)

• The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
• The Souvenir: Part II (Joanna Hogg, 2021)
• Caravaggio (Derek Jarman, 1986)
• Wittgenstein (Derek Jarman, 1993)
• Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
• Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)
• Adaptation (Spike Jonez, 2002)
• Burn After Reading (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2008)
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (David Fincher, 2008)
• Lo Sono L’Amore (Luca Guadagnino, 2009)
• A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino, 2015)
• Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018)
• Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
• Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)
• We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
• Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Andrew Adamson, 2005)
• Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
• Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007)
• Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2010)
• Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick, 2015)
• Exhibition (Joanna Hogg, 2013)
• Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
• A Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
• La Piscine (Jacques Deray, 1969)
• Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
• Maurice (James Ivory, 1987)
• L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
• L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
• Il Deserto Rosso (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)
• La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
• Pierrot le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
• Men (Alex Garland, 2022)
• Gunda (Viktor Kosakovskiy, 2020)
• Mank (David Fincher, 2020)
• Trainwreck (Judd Apatow, 2015)

Our hosts