Spotlight on Tilda Swinton
Ongoing Series
Braindead Studios' spotlight artist for February is the inimitable Tilda Swinton, the elegant and enigmatic screen presence who has graced world cinema for the last forty years. Since her first screen role in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio, she appeared in all of Jarman's subsequent films, and has an amazing track record of working with Queer auteurs. Braindead's series includes Jarman's Blue, as well as her work with Luca Guadagnino, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Julio Torres.
Spotlight on Tilda Swinton
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Mark your calendar for these amazing events.
Suspiria
Brain Dead Studios
Out director Luca Guadagnino followed Call Me By Your Name with this creepy remake of the 1977 horror classic. Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson star in this tale of Cold War witchcraft, dance, and the dark corners of the human heart -- which competed for the Queer Lion at Venice.
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.
Memoria
Brain Dead Studios
This dreamlike film is the long-awaited collaboration between Tilda Swinton and gay Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 18 years after Swinton first wrote to him to express her love for his film Tropical Malady.
One morning, Jessica Holland, a Scottish orchid farmer visiting her sister in Bogotá, is woken by a loud ‘bang’. This haunting sound dispels her sleep for days, calling into question her identity and guiding her from recording studios to secluded jungle villages in an attempt to find its source.
Problemista
Brain Dead Studios
An aspiring toy designer’s work visa runs out, and a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
Spotlight on Tilda Swinton
PAST SCREENINGS
Blue
Brain Dead Studios
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
I Am Love
Brain Dead Studios
This international breakout for gay director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Queer), about a wealthy woman's affair with a younger chef, was produced and co-written by Tilda Swinton.
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son’s friend, makes her senses kindle.
