Darren Aronofsky

At 2022 Toronto International Film Festival — “The Whale” and Two Excursions into History

September 20, 2022
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The Whale is a bracing two hour battle against destiny.

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Film Review: Hell is Other People — Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”

September 16, 2017
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Chaos threatens to usurp the plot, but Jennifer Lawrence’s luminous performance keeps the story, such as it is, moving along.

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Film Review: “mother!” — Welcome to the Pagan Cult of the Eye

September 15, 2017
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No doubt many will find director Darren Aronofsky’s transgressive vision overwrought, but the film is undeniably powerful.

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Movie Review: Swanday Bloody Swanday

December 21, 2010
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Black Swan isn’t about surpassing ordinary limits. It’s a film about a masochist seen through the eyes of a sadist. The film could be a textbook demonstration of what academics refer to as the male gaze—with a pretty young thing poked and dismembered under a misogynist lens. By Debra Cash Darren Aronofsky has said that…

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