Owens and Titelman, in fact, appear in “Problemista”: the latter as a scorned protege of Swinton's character and the former as the anthropomorphized embodiment of Craigslist. Torres, too, is part of a comedy community: His rising generation of funny folks like Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Larry Owens and Greta Titelman often appear in each other’s projects, like a gay, millennial Rat Pack. Since her keynote at the conference Monday, I’ve been struck by Swinton’s devotion to all things collective: to good company, and to surrounding herself with creative collaborators who can play around instead of debasing themselves by “acting.” In interviews about “Problemista” at SXSW, Swinton said that her sole reason for signing onto the project was Torres. Will Ale solve enough of her problems to beat the sand trickling down his visa’s hourglass? She’s passionate, argumentative, unrealistic and vindictive, and if she’s obsessed with anything more than tracking down her husband’s eggs to put in an exhibition, it’s FileMaker Pro. These two impossible souls meet in “Problemista,” Torres’ directorial debut that made its world premiere during South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on Monday at the Paramount Theatre. He also wrote the film, which is already on A24's roster.Įxcept pinning Elizabeth down long enough to secure sponsorship is perhaps a more circuitous and maddening process than navigating the arcane U.S. In his most notable TV role, he performed opposite the moon. His sense of humor on social media often manifests itself through crystals and McDonalds Happy Meal toys. At 36, the Salvadoran writer and comedian has starred in an HBO comedy special about his favorite shapes (titled “My Favorite Shapes”). Julio Torres worked on “Saturday Night Live,” which is not actually a helpful reference point. A parody Twitter account devoted to her involved the frequent mention of ravens. She’s played a vampire rock star, an alienated Italian matriarch, the snowy personification of the Christian hell and a talking pug.

She’s an ethereal chameleon dwelling in a Scottish castle who came to the screen fully formed in her mutability, making long distance calls to other dimensions in the queer cinema of Derek Jarman and Sally Potter.

Tilda Swinton insists she’s not an actor.

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