Posterized: Tilda Swinton's Greatest Hits
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 1:26PM
NATHANIEL R in Derek Jarman, Julia, Michael Clayton, Orlando, Posterized, Snowpiercer, Suspiria, Tilda Swinton

by Nathaniel R

Alien movie star Tilda Swinton is one of the true glories of modern cinema, and she's playing multiple creepy roles this weekend in her third Luca Guadagnino picture. After starring for the Italian director in I Am Love and A Bigger Splash she's the MVP of his new spin-off riff (it's hardly a 'remake') of Dario Argento's classic hallucinatory horror film Suspiria.

What's more this is not even the first time the actress has played mutiple roles sometimes of multiple genders in the same picture (see also TeknolustHail Caesar, Man to Man, and Orlando). Since Tilda Swinton works so often, her filmography is over 70 movies long. That means we can't do a comprehensive Posterized lest we be here for literally hours working in Photoshop, so instead we've opted for Swinton's largest and/or most essential roles.

How many of these 21 key Tildas have you seen? The posters are after the jump...

Chapter 1 -Introducing Derek Jarman's Otherworldly Muse / Arthouse Sensation
CARAVAGGIO (1986) - her film debut
THE LAST OF ENGLAND (1987)
EDWARD II (1991) - Volpi Cup Best Actress, Venice. 

ORLANDO (1992) -EFA Nominee. The star-making role / first significant hit (adjusted for inflation it was a hit the size of something like Eighth Grade or Three Identical Strangers today)
WITTENGENSTEIN (1993)
FEMALE PERVERSIONS (1996/1997)

Chapter 2 -Hollywood catches on but Tilda keeps it weird
THE BEACH (2000) - her first "Hollywood" picture
THE DEEP END (2001) - BAFTA/Globe/Spirit/OFCS nominations
TEKNOLUST (2002)

YOUNG ADAM (2003) - BIFA Nominee
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (2005)
MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) - Globe / Critics Choice /SAG / OFCS Nominee. Her Oscar & BAFTA winning role! We still can't believe our good fortune that such an unusual actress lucked out by the Academy being temporarily smart enough to seize their easiest opportunity to honor her.

Chapter 3 -As Movie Stars go she's the rarest kind: a true original
JULIA (2008) -OFCS nominee. Her greatest lead performance ?
I AM LOVE (2009/2010) - her greatest film?
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2011) - BIFA/Globe/BAFTA/SAG/Critics Choice nominee. NBR & OFCS Winner

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013) - Spirit Nominee.
SNOWPIERCER (2013/2014) - Critics Choice & OFCS Nominee. Her best villain
A BIGGER SPLASH (2015/2016)

Chapter 4 -The character actress you call to make your movie cooler
DOCTOR STRANGE (2016)
OKJA (2017)
SUSPIRIA (2018)

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