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Performances

Explore the nitty-gritty technical descriptions that comprise an excellent performance.

Alex Heeney / April 13, 2017

Review: Tommy’s Honour is a showcase for the prodigiously talented Jack Lowden

In Tommy’s Honour, Jack Lowden finally gets the leading role he deserves as the eponymous Tommy Morris, the greatest golfer of the 19th century.

Rebecca Hall, Best performances 2016

Laura Anne Harris / February 21, 2017

Top 5 film performances of 2016 that deserve a closer look

Actor-director-playwright Laura Anne Harris takes a look at five of the year’s best performances that deserve more attention: Rachel Weisz in The Lobster, Mahershala Ali and Andre Holland in Moonlight Margarite Breitkreiz in Marija and Rebecca Hall in Christine.

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 dialogue. This is the 4th feature in our special A Bigger Splash week.

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 from a person who is both presumptively heterosexual and who has largely chosen presumptively heterosexual roles. So what makes her a queer cult figure? This is the 3rd feature in our special A Bigger Splash week.

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 subverts conventional female stereotypes. This is the second essay in our special A Bigger Splash week.

Tom Hiddleston, Hollow Charmer

Alex Heeney / May 14, 2016

Tom Hiddleston and the hollow charm thwarting the promise of a great actor

Tom Hiddleston could be one of our greatest actors, but he isn’t quite — yet. “If you want to know who I am, it’s all in the work,” Hiddleston insists, quoting Alan Rickman. In fact, that might be what’s holding him back.

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