|
|
Tilda Swinton
News |
What members say |
Filmography
| Watch online (4)
Tilda Swinton - news / articles
-
-
Swinton's drunk role based on pals -
8 May 2009
-Tilda Swinton tested her acting skills to the limit playing a hard-partying alcoholic in new movie Julia - because she usually falls asleep after a couple of drinks.-
-Swinton plays an out-of-control drunk in the film, but was worried she would be unable to pull it of
Tilda Swinton - what members say
Tilda Swinton - filmography
-
-
The Limits of Control
(2009)
Starring: Isaach De Bankole, Alex Descas, Jean-Francois Stevenin
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate: 
"The Limits of Control" is the story of a mysterious loner, a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike,..read more »
Rate this:
 
83%
from 3 members
-
-
Burn After Reading
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Certificate: 
An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness!
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands ..read more »
Rate this:
59%
from 61,437 members
-
-
Derek
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton
Director: Isaac Julien
Certificate: 
Narrated and written by Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton, DEREK combines rare archival footage and interviews to create a deeply personal portrait of British countercultural filmmaker Derek Jarman. Part documentary and part biopic, the film offers glimpses into Jarman's punk theatre sets and ..read more »
Rate this:
74%
from 30 members
-
-
The Man From London
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Erika Bók
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
A switchman at a seaside railway station witnesses a murder and then discovers a large amount of money. From then on after, his life will never be the same again.
Rate this:
39%
from 590 members
-
-
Burn After Reading - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Certificate:
An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness!
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands ..read more »
Rate this:
59%
from 7,457 members
-
-
Julia
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo
Director: Erick Zonca
Certificate:
Based on John Cassavetes Gloria Julia stars Tilda Swinton as Julia Harris - an alcoholic who has just been fired from her job. Saul Rubinek plays her best friend, Mitch - who pleads with her to attend AA meetings. Eventually Julia gives in.
At an AA meeting Julia meets Elena (Kate Del Castillo) ..read more »
Rate this:
60%
from 1,347 member
-
-
Strange Culture
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan, Tilda Swinton, Peter Coyote
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Certificate: 
Part documentary, part drama, this film from Lynn Hershman Leeson (TEKNOLUST) explores the real life horror of artist Steve Kurtz. After the death of his wife, Kurtz endures an invasive FBI investigation that names him as a bioterrorist. STRANGE CULTURE features actors Tilda Swinton and Thomas Jay ..read more »
Rate this:
55%
from 17 members
-
-
Michael Clayton
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton
Director: Tony Gilroy
Certificate:
Arthur Edens (Wilkinson), a lawyer defending an agro-chemical corporation against a class-action suit, is overwhelmed by guilt and cracks up. Michael Clayton (Clooney), his law firm's "fixer", is sent to sort Arthur out, but the corporation deploy even dirtier tricks to solve the problem.
Rate this:
66%
from 57,394 members
-
-
Stephanie Daley
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton
Director: Hilary Brougher
Certificate:
When 16-year-old Stephanie Daley is accused of murdering her newborn, she claims she never knew she was pregnant and that the child was stillborn. A forensic psychologist, Lydie Crane, is hired to determine the truth behind Stephanie's continuing state of denial.
Lydie is pregnant herself and ..read more »
Rate this:
59%
from 147 members
-
-
Thumbsucker
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Mike Mills
Certificate:
Music-video director Mike Mills's feature-length debut, 'Thumbsucker', is an offbeat, unique film about the trials and tribulations of a relatively normal family living in Oregon. The black comedy stars Lou Pucci as Justin Cobb, a 17-year-old who still sucks his thumb, infuriating his tough father, ..read more »
Rate this:
58%
from 9,036 members
-
-
Constantine
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
Certificate:
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.
Rate this:
62%
from 73,651 members
-
-
Broken Flowers
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate:
Winner of the 2005 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Don Johnston (Bill Murray), a man overflowing with wealth but void of emotion. On the day that his most recent girlfriend (Julie Delpy) has given up on him for good, he learns, through an anonymous letter, that ..read more »
Rate this:
57%
from 27,028 members
-
-
Constantine - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
Certificate:
Having been born with the gift of being able to see the spirits that roam the Earth, John Constantine finds himself stuck between the boundaries of Heaven and Hell. Seeking salvation, he teams up with a sceptical LAPD cop who is investigating the suspicious death of her sister, and together they ..read more »
Rate this:
69%
from 1,269 member
-
-
The Statement
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam
Director: Norman Jewison
Certificate:
While a secret society of Catholic priests hide him in various French abbeys, a network of bitter Jewish assassins track him, and a determined judge attempts to use the law to pin a prison sentence on him. This highly wanted man is Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) who committed war crimes--not only ..read more »
Rate this:
51%
from 1,621 member
-
-
Young Adam
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Emily Mortimer
Director: David Mackenzie
Certificate:
YOUNG ADAM is David McKenzie's adaptation of Alexander Trocchi's novel, a romantic murder mystery set on a barge in the canals of Scotland. Lovely photography by Giles Nuttgens, complemented by a lonely score by David Byrne, provides a picturesque backdrop for what is otherwise a seedy story of ..read more »
Rate this:
53%
from 6,093 members
-
-
Teknolust
(2002)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Certificate:
When Rosetta Stone (Swinton), bio-geneticist, breeds three half-human half-robots (Self Replicating Automatons) by combining her own DNA with computer software, she also creates a set of unanticipated tribulations. Her clones keep her company, entertain her, and listen to her problems. Their only ..read more »
Rate this:
37%
from 7 members
-
-
Adaptation
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
Director: Spike Jonze
Certificate:
Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
Rate this:
63%
from 26,242 members
-
-
Vanilla Sky
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Cameron Crowe
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
Rate this:
58%
from 18,751 members
-
-
The Deep End
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker
Director: David Siegel, Scott McGehee
Certificate:
Tilda Swinton is riveting as Margaret Hall, a conscientious mom raising a family in Lake Tahoe who is entangled in a web of blackmail. While she frets over transporting her kids to ballet and baseball practice, she worries that her teenage son, Beau (Jonathan Tucker), is involved in a sleazy ..read more »
Rate this:
55%
from 893 members
-
-
Possible Worlds
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tom McCamus, Tilda Swinton, Sean McCann
Director: Robert LePage
Certificate:
Winner of a Canadian Genie award, POSSIBLE WORLDS is both a study of relationships, a look into the idea that we exist in many different realities and a surreal murder mystery all sparked off by the discovery of a corpse without a brain.
Rate this:
55%
from 291 members
-
-
The Beach
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen
Director: Danny Boyle
Certificate:
The desire to find something real - to connect with something or someone - is what drives Richard, a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his mind. Travel, he asserts, is the search for experience, the quest for something different. At a cheap hotel in Bangkok, ..read more »
Rate this:
63%
from 8,249 members
-
-
The War Zone
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Kate Ashfield
Director: Tim Roth
Certificate:
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) ..read more »
Rate this:
59%
from 1,806 member
-
-
Love Is The Devil
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
Director: John Maybury
Certificate:
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
One of the 20th century's greatest painters, Francis Bacon (1909-1992), was at the height of his celebrity during London's swinging '60s. Bacon, however, a fiercely cruel artist suffers from the malady of obsession: his passion for his work is nearly exceeded by his obsession with George Dyer--a ..read more »
Rate this:
59%
from 1,196 member
-
-
Female Perversions
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Clancy Brown
Director: Susan Streitfeld
Certificate:
Adapted from feminist-Freudian therapist Louise J. Kaplan's theoretical treatise, Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary, this provocative, symbolism-heavy feature examines women's incongruent roles in society by delving into the mind of a powerful young attorney whose conflicting ..read more »
Rate this:
45%
from 261 members
-
-
Blue
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: john quentin (voice), nigel terry (voice), john quentin
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
BLUE is one of Derek Jarman's most radical and daring films and was hailed as a masterpiece when it was premiered at the Venice Biennale. A blue screen provides the canvas for the visions of the audience, conjured up by the evocative words and music of the remarkably rich soundtrack. Jarman's own ..read more »
Rate this:
64%
from 152 members
-
-
Orlando
(1992)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau
Director: Sally Potter
Certificate: 
Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man, and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. This journey takes Orlando across the frozen ..read more »
Rate this:
61%
from 2,942 members
Not currently released
-
-
Edward II
(1991)
Starring: Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton, Kevin Collins
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
In EDWARD II, director Derek Jarman revisits Christopher Marlowe's play of bloodletting and royal intrigue, bringing the homosexual theme to the forefront. Steven Waddington stars as Prince Edward II, who upsets England's noblemen by sharing his throne with his commoner lover, Gaveston (Andrew ..read more »
Rate this:
66%
from 54 members
-
-
The Garden
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
Filmed in the stark environment of Derek Jarman's coastal home in the shadow of Dungeness power station, "The Garden" is a powerful and moving series of allegorical dreamscapes. The narrative unfolds to find Jarman asleed at his desk surrounded by Christian imagery. His dreams transpose New ..read more »
Rate this:
51%
from 416 members
-
-
War Requiem
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Claire Davenport
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
The late great Derek Jarman's film of Benjamin Britten's unique choral work. Faced with the task of creating a visual equivalent to Britten's work, and using only the words Britten used (the poems of Wilfred Owen and the Latin Mass for the Dead), Jarman cast Tilda Swinton as the nurse looking after ..read more »
Rate this:
51%
from 150 members
-
-
The Last Of England
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
Derek Jarman's apocalyptic view of late-20th-century England, thought by some critics to be a sequel to his postpunk JUBILEE, is an intensely personal piece of cinema that masterfully combines all of the director's trademark sensibilities. In THE LAST OF ENGLAND, Jarman employs arresting images, ..read more »
Rate this:
53%
from 378 members
-
-
Caravaggio
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Nigel Terry, Noam Almaz, Dawn Arhibald
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
A powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art, 'Caravaggio' brings together Derek Jarman's twin worlds of film and painting.
Rate this:
55%
from 1,158 member
Tilda Swinton - watch online
-
-
The Man from London
to Watch Now
(2008)
Starring: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Janos Derzsi
Director: Bela Tarr, Bela Tarr
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Run time: 133 minutes
Maloin leads a simple life without prospects at the edge of the infinite sea; he barely notices the world around him, has already accepted the slow and inevitable deterioration of life around him and his all but complete loneliness. When he becomes a witness to a murder, his life takes a sudden ..read more »
Rate this:
30%
from 2 members
-
-
Vanilla Sky
to Watch Now
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
Director: Cameron Crowe
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 136 minutes
The tale of a young New York City publishing magnate who finds himself on an unexpected roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams in a mind-bending search for his soul.
Rate this:
56%
from 85 members
-
-
Wittgenstein
to Watch Now
(1993)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Karl Johnson, Clancy Chassay
Director: Derek Jarman
Certificate:
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Run time: 75 minutes
Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once stated that philosophy ought to be written as if it were poetry, and a poetic intensity typified his life and his work. No wonder, then, that a creative talent such as Derek Jarman should respond with such characteristic energy to a commission from Channel 4 for ..read more »
Rate this:
71%
from 13 members
-
-
Love is the Devil
to Watch Now
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
Director: John Maybury
Certificate: 
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Run time: 86 minutes
John Maybury's searing portrait of the English painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) at the height of his fame in the 1960s is one of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed. It tells the story of the colossally self-absorbed painter and his self-destructive ..read more »
Rate this:
76%
from 5 members
|
Tilda Swinton facts
|
A powerful film of everyday life 7 June 2005
...answers - just tells it as it is. The acting is superb throughout, not only by Tilda Swinton and Ray Winstone, of whom it might well be expected, but also by the two young ...
Oh deary me.... 5 April 2004
Enjoyably Demonic 20 March 2006
