Tag Archives: Tilda Swinton

“I think my cinema is minimalist because so is my gaze: I’m very interested in people.” — Joanna Hogg

Posted on March 20, 2025 by sheila

It’s the birthday of director Joanna Hogg, who hasn’t directed that many films (comparatively) and yet what she has done really matters, so much so that when there are gaps between films, people who always have her on their radar … Continue reading →

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December 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 1, 2025 by sheila

The Last Showgirl (2024; d. Gia Coppola) Pamela Anderson gives my favorite performance by a woman this year. I reviewed the film for Ebert. Dark Waters (2019; d. Todd Haynes) I love movies about rapacious evil corporations, and a dogged … Continue reading →

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2024 Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2024 by sheila

Here’s a roundup of most of the things I’ve written this year: here on my site, for Rogerebert.com, for my newsletter, and for my new column at Liberties Journal. Every year it’s the same thing. I spend so much time … Continue reading →

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Review: The End (2024)

Posted on December 6, 2024 by sheila

Joshua Oppenheimer’s two documentaries about the genocidal campaigns in Indonesia in 1965-66 are so haunting and terrible – the leering mask withdrawn to show something even more monstrous underneath – I don’t know if I can see them again. But … Continue reading →

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“Even to this day, I watch The Wizard of Oz like I did when I was five years old. I get really involved in it.” — Lynne Ramsay

Posted on December 5, 2024 by sheila

“When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something you might see on television and it doesn’t explore the form. Sound is the other picture. … Continue reading →

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Today, the Sheila Variations turns 22. wtf.

Posted on October 18, 2024 by sheila

The above pic of me – taken by Michael – graced the top of my original blog, when I set it up 22 years ago today. I never should have put my picture up on my site – it led … Continue reading →

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November 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 16, 2023 by sheila

After Everything (2018; d. Hannah Marks, Joey Power) In early November, I holed up in a cozy little house in Connecticut with Allison and Carol. I had to work the whole time, which was a bummer but the night was … Continue reading →

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2022 Mirror Moments

Posted on December 8, 2022 by sheila

You know me and movie-mirror-moments. 2022 has had quite a few, and they are similar in character. Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop The Eternal Daughter, directed by Joanna Hogg Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer

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November 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 3, 2022 by sheila

Something in the Dirt (2022; d. Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson) I really liked this. If you like losing yourself in conspiracy theories – without being, like, a QAnon-type ready to shoot up a pizza parlor – then this is super … Continue reading →

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Review: The Eternal Daughter (2022)

Posted on December 3, 2022 by sheila

I love writing about Joanna Hogg – her work has such a depth and richness – and so I was pleased to review her latest, The Eternal Daughter, where Tilda Swinton plays a dual role – mother and daughter. You … Continue reading →

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