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Natalie Portman

Film Review: “Song to Song” — All You Need is Love?

Terrence Malick attempts to liven up this hackneyed soap/rock opera with his signature swooping camera moves and stunning cinematography.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Kate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Song to Song, Terrence Malick

Film Review: “Jackie” — A Study of Heroism in the White House

Jackie suggests that, whatever the White House may see in the future, her magic will still be felt in its opulent halls.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: "Jackie", Jack Kennedy assasination, Jackie Kennedy, Natalie Portman, Pablo Larrain, Peg Aloi

Film Commentary: This Year’s Venice International Film Festival — From a Judge’s Perch

Who can complain of ten days on the Lido, by the Adriatic Sea?

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 'La La Land", "A Woman's Life, "Frantz", "Jackie", "The Woman Who Left", 2016 Venice International Film Festival, Damien Chazelle, Francois Ozon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lav Diaz, Natalie Portman, Pablo Lorrain, Stephane Brizé

Fuse Film Review: “A Tale of Love and Darkness” — A Haunting View of 1940s Israel

Natalie Portman turned Israeli author Amos Oz’s extraordinary memoir of 1940s Jerusalem into a superb film,

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos-Oz, Culture Vulture, Natalie Portman, Palestine

Movie Review: Swanday Bloody Swanday

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 […]

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Film Tagged: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Film, Natalie Portman

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