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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

A Bigger Splash

Alex Heeney / May 20, 2016

Desire is a dangerous dance in A Bigger Splash

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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Matthias Schoenaerts

Alex Heeney / May 19, 2016

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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Tilda Swinton, A Bigger Splash

Kyle Turner / May 18, 2016

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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Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash

Dave Crewe / May 17, 2016

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

Ella Donald / March 17, 2016

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, …

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