In this review of A Bigger Splash, we explore Luca Guadagnino's erotic joyride, which is about the breaking point: what we think we want, and what happens when …
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Articles from A Bigger Splash Week
To celebrate the release of Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash, we're publishing a new feature on three of the lead actors of the film every day from May 16–19, and we'll finish the week off with a review of the film.
May 17: Not a girl, not (yet) a woman: Dakota Johnson and Hollywood femininity
May 18: The queer cult stardom of Tilda Swinton
May 19: Matthias Schoenaerts and the art of not speaking
May 20: Review of A Bigger Splash
Bonus: Interview with director Luca Guadagnino
Matthias Schoenaerts and the art of not speaking
Though he’s made films in English, French, and Dutch, Matthias Schoenaerts tends to communicate his characters’ inner lives through physicality rather than …
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The queer cult stardom of Tilda Swinton
Explicitly playing with gender and gender performance has been foundational to Swinton’s career and identity as a performer. Swinton’s queer identity emerges …
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Not a girl, not (yet) a woman: Dakota Johnson and Hollywood femininity
At its best, Dakota Johnson’s acting reveals the restrictiveness of labels like “girlhood” and “womanhood”. Dave Crewe examines how she …
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Luca Guadagnino talks A Bigger Splash
We interview director Luca Guadagnino about costumes, choreography, and generational conflict in A Bigger Splash. Like a good rock album, the film is sweaty, …