Tilda Swinton

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson's latest echoes his earlier triumphs, but breaks no new ground

17 May 2012

Wes Anderson’s seventh film feels like a Greatest Hits package. Which if you’re a Wes fan will make you very happy. Set on a New England island in the summer of 1965, the opening sequence of Moonrise Kingdom, with its incessant camera-pans around the…

The Hot 100 2010 - Mark Millar, Kevin Bridges and Alasdair Gray take top 3 spots

Our annual chart of the people from Scotland being interesting, successful and creative

16 Dec 2010

The Hot 100 is a list of Scots who’ve made a sizeable creative splash in 2010. It includes musicians, artists, writers, actors, fashion designers, technological innovators, shop owners, festival directors, record label heads and one mad cyclist.

Hot 100 2011 - No. 49 to 1

The definitive list of Scottish creative talent

16 Dec 2011

The Hot 100 is the definitive list of Scottish creative talent. From fashion designers to performance artists, everyone who has made a sizeable splash in 2011 has a place in this countdown. It’s for people who’ve created a buzz, but it’s also about…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

5 Feb 2009

MYSTERY/ROMANCE What would it be like to live in reverse? Born as an old man only to die as an infant, the Benjamin Button character created by F Scott Fitzgerald in his 1922 short-story gets the full ‘prestige picture’ treatment in David Fincher’s…

Tilda Swinton

2 Oct 2008

It says an awful lot about the rise and rise of Tilda Swinton that, during the course of the teaser trailer to one of her forthcoming films (the Coen brothers crime comedy Burn After Reading) three legends are flashed up on the screen: ‘CLOONEY’…

Beth Ditto 'chilled' by Adele's voice

Music Gossip

13 May 2012

Adele gives Beth Ditto "chills". The Gossip lead singer is a huge fan of the 'Someone Like You' hitmaker, praising her talent and beauty. She said: "I love Adele so much and it's honestly not because we're both big. I love that she's a f***ing…

Tilda Swinton no actress

Celebrity Gossip

30 Aug 2008

Tilda Swinton "isn't an actress". 'The Chronicles of Narnia' star found it "hilarious" when she was given an Oscar this year because she claims she isn't really part of the profession. She said: "These awards are for actresses and I'm not really…

Au Revoir Taipei, Honeymooner and Third Star bring EIFF 2010 to a close

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

28 Jun 2010

Sunday 27 June. The closing days of the festival are a giddy affair: you realise that, after so many recommendations and bits of buzz floating about, the EIFF has mutated into this Cloverfield-like monster: there’s beautiful people wandering around…

Julia

8 Jan 2009

THRILLER/DRAMA What begins as a grim character study of a middle-aged alcoholic becomes a blackly funny crime caper/road movie. Tilda Swinton is in ferocious good form as the titular 40-year-old drunk, a woman whose natural good looks and flamboyant…

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Faithful adaptation of Lionel Shriver's bestselling story of motherhood and teen violence

12 Oct 2011

(15) 112min Lynne Ramsay admirers can breathe a sigh of relief. Her first feature since Morvern Callar in 2002 confirms that she has lost none of her skill as a compelling storyteller or visual stylist. Her smart, thought-provoking adaptation of the…

We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay interview

The Ratcatcher director discusses adapting Lionel Shriver's best-seller

25 Aug 2011

‘Every film has its ups and downs. Each time it seems like pushing a boat over a mountain. I worked on The Lovely Bones for five years before my involvement fell apart. I am committed when I make a film and if it takes a long time I would rather wait. I…

Whatever happened to the Edinburgh International Film Festival?

The champagne party may be over, but the EIFF may yet rise again

8 Feb 2011

Back in 2008, the EIFF seemed to be in good shape. A new June slot, a fresh artistic director in the form of Hannah McGill, and a whopping £1.88 million lottery cash investment from the Film Council, in addition to financial support from Scottish Screen…

How seven key figures in Scottish culture have fared over 25 years

25 years of The List

23 Sep 2010

Didn’t they do well? Scotland has more than its fair share of talent, finds Kirstin Innes, as she chronicles the highs and lows of some of our finest exports over 25 years, including Peter Capaldi, Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin, Douglas Gordon, Tilda…

How a bumper programme at the Traverse Theatre in 1985 changed Scottish culture

25 years of The List

23 Sep 2010

1985 was a landmark year for The Traverse theatre. Peter Arnott, Chris Hannan and Jo Clifford recall working there to Mark Fisher

I Am Love (Lo Sono L'Amore)

29 Mar 2010

(15) 120min Like Italian filmmaking maestro Luchino Visconti’s 1969 wartime epic The Damned, I Am Love begins with the birthday celebration of an ageing Italian industrialist. As the family and guests gather for dinner, they await the announcement of…

Glasgow Film Festival 2010 highlights

17 Feb 2010

Applause. Powerful Danish drama about an alcoholic actress and mother starring mighty Dogme poster girl Paprika Steen. Cineworld Renfrew Street, 1.15pm, Fri 19 and 6.30pm, Sat 20 Feb. The Girl on the Train Racism and suburban snobbery in modern…

Music highlights of 2009

7 Jan 2010

Best bit of something for nothing When Spotify let UK users sign up for free this February, the floodgates were open for hours of random music searches. (Beatles, Fugazi, Metallica, no; Battles, Can, Phantom Band, yes) Non-stop, customised radio – and…

Edinburgh's Other Festivals

Away from the Fringe and the EIFF, August still has a lot to offer

13 Jul 2009

Suzanne Black explores the enlightenment of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace; the geekiness of Edinburgh Interactive; the diversity of Edinburgh Mela, and Ant and Dec at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Tilda Swinton ready for glass house

Celebrity Gossip

10 Jun 2009

Tilda Swinton wants to live in a glass box for a week. The Oscar-winning actress slept in the clear container for eight hours a day, seven days a week as an exhibition piece at the Serpentine Gallery in 1995, and, although she got shingles because of…

Tilda Swinton's dys-tinct performance

Celebrity Gossip

2 Dec 2008

Tilda Swinton says getting dysentery helped her performance in her new film. The Oscar-winning British actress - who plays an alcoholic in 'Julia', which was hit by severe budget cuts and shot in Los Angeles - claims the debilitating illness, which…

Tilda Swinton to be jury president at Berlin International Film Festival

27 Nov 2008

Oscar winner Tilda Swinton has been announced as the jury president at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The Oscar-nominated Scottish actress is a Berlinale regular, with 14 of her film screened across Berlin festivals in past years.

Burn After Reading

16 Oct 2008

THRILLER/COMEDY Modern idiocy and bleak humour are the order of the day in the Coen’s latest – a reworking (conscious or otherwise) of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of An Author. Foul-mouthed CIA analyst Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich…

Tildafest!

17 Jul 2008

Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton is to set up a small film festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. Bereft of the usual razzmatazz, Swinton and co-organiser Mark Cousins are keen to strip back the look [and cost] of festivals, such as…

Tilda Swinton's shared love

Celebrity Gossip

2 Jun 2008

Tilda Swinton's partner has admitted he has another lover. Director, artist and playwright John Byrne, 67, has been romantically involved with theatre lighting director Jeanine Davis, 42, for two years. Tilda, 47, and John have an open…

Tilda Swinton's love defence

Celebrity Gossip

26 Feb 2008

Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton has defended her unconventional love life. The 47-year-old star - who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday (24.02.08) - is raising her 10-year-old twin sons with their father, 67-year-old artist John Byrne, while…