Darren Aronofsky is back. The polarizing Oscar nominee is causing a quite a stir with his latest movie, the Jennifer Lawrence-starring “mother!,” but anyone familiar with Aronofsky’s six previous features knows he’s always been a filmmaker who forces a strong reaction out of people. He’s been pushing the boundaries of his own filmmaking voice ever since “Pi” caused a frenzy at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, and “mother!” proves he has no signs of stopping.
With “mother!” opening in theaters nationwide, we put all seven Aronofsky features against one another for the ultimate director ranking.
Read More:‘mother!’: Inside the Secretive Marketing Designed to Hide Darren Aronofsky’s Controversial Film 7. “Noah” (2014)
“Noah” is unquestionably Aronofsky’s weakest film, but that doesn’t mean it’s a total disaster. The biggest misstep the director makes in this $125 million Biblical epic is turning the odyssey of Noah into a sword-and-sandals showdown,...
With “mother!” opening in theaters nationwide, we put all seven Aronofsky features against one another for the ultimate director ranking.
Read More:‘mother!’: Inside the Secretive Marketing Designed to Hide Darren Aronofsky’s Controversial Film 7. “Noah” (2014)
“Noah” is unquestionably Aronofsky’s weakest film, but that doesn’t mean it’s a total disaster. The biggest misstep the director makes in this $125 million Biblical epic is turning the odyssey of Noah into a sword-and-sandals showdown,...
- 9/14/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Over the course of a nearly-20-year filmmaking career, Darren Aronofsky has made movies about deranged mathematicians, drug addicts, doctors, down-on-their-luck athletes and dancers. When it was announced in 2007 that the Brooklyn-born director would be taking on Noah — the story of a man, a flood and one very angry deity — you could hear the scratching of heads. The man who showed us Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly shooting up in Requiem for a Dream was making the first big-budget, A-lister–helmed biblical project since Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of the Christ?...
- 3/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Of all the canards foisted upon and between culture fans in 2013, there was none more dubious than the notion that the supposed “battle” of television vs. film had come to an end, with the former declared the victor. Besides the fact that comparing such disparate mediums is a fool’s errand at best, both are such vast and complicated enterprises that any pitched battle likely only pits narrow conceptions of each against the other. (Strawman vs. strawman, the most popular form of discourse on the Internet.) The simplest way to invalidate the entire argument quickly: where films only have to be taken on their own terms as one complete work, TV series need to be considered in at least three contexts: by episode, by season, and by the overall run of the series.
With several shows ending their runs this year, including Breaking Bad, Dexter, Southland, Spartacus, and The Killing (up until its latest resurrection,...
With several shows ending their runs this year, including Breaking Bad, Dexter, Southland, Spartacus, and The Killing (up until its latest resurrection,...
- 12/22/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Contributors: Michelle McCue and Melissa Thompson
It was a morning of Oscar surprises . both shocking and welcomed. Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year’s Oscar host (and nominee) Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. Minus the usual podium, MacFarlane and Stone humorously unveiled the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. Pt live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Wamg and the various outlets were greeted with a golden breakfast, strong coffee and Jamba Juice.
Let.s get right to it. Steven Spielberg.s Lincoln scored the most nominations with 12, followed by Life of Pi with 11, and Les Misérables and Silver Linings Playbook at 8 apiece.
The nominees for best motion picture of the year are:
“Amour” Nominees to be determined “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald,...
It was a morning of Oscar surprises . both shocking and welcomed. Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year’s Oscar host (and nominee) Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. Minus the usual podium, MacFarlane and Stone humorously unveiled the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. Pt live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Wamg and the various outlets were greeted with a golden breakfast, strong coffee and Jamba Juice.
Let.s get right to it. Steven Spielberg.s Lincoln scored the most nominations with 12, followed by Life of Pi with 11, and Les Misérables and Silver Linings Playbook at 8 apiece.
The nominees for best motion picture of the year are:
“Amour” Nominees to be determined “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald,...
- 1/10/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We hold in our hands the covers for DC Comics this December. As a child of four can plainly see, these envelopes have been hermetically sealed. They’ve been kept in a #2 mayonnaise jar under Wikipedia’s porch since noon today.
Shall we? Surely!
As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.
Justice League #4
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Andy Kubert
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale December 21 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
The superstar team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee continue the origin of the Justice League as The World’s Greatest Heroes face the might of Apokolips – and find aid in an unlikely hero, as Cyborg is created!
Plus, Andy Kubert...
Shall we? Surely!
As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.
Justice League #4
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
1:25 Variant cover by Andy Kubert
1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale December 21 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.
The superstar team of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee continue the origin of the Justice League as The World’s Greatest Heroes face the might of Apokolips – and find aid in an unlikely hero, as Cyborg is created!
Plus, Andy Kubert...
- 9/19/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Black Swan
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky
2010, USA
Darren Aronofsky does not have a medium setting. However one might feel about any of this films – from the agitated anti-drug parable Requiem for a Dream to the time-bending metaphysical sci-fi mini-epic The Fountain to working-man’s tragedy The Wrestler – it’s difficult to argue that he holds back in any respect. Black Swan acts as a sort of greatest-hits of Aronofsky’s past pet themes – contorted bodies (Requiem), pathological obsession (Pi), and the transformational/destructive properties of the performing arts (Wrestler), but in execution it takes a bold leap in a different direction, throwing caution to the wind and delivering an over-the-top, consistently heightened, and gloriously insane film that isn’t afraid to skirt with the ridiculous in order to engage with its high-art millieu and troubled central figure.
That figure is Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina working under the sometimes-lecherous,...
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky
2010, USA
Darren Aronofsky does not have a medium setting. However one might feel about any of this films – from the agitated anti-drug parable Requiem for a Dream to the time-bending metaphysical sci-fi mini-epic The Fountain to working-man’s tragedy The Wrestler – it’s difficult to argue that he holds back in any respect. Black Swan acts as a sort of greatest-hits of Aronofsky’s past pet themes – contorted bodies (Requiem), pathological obsession (Pi), and the transformational/destructive properties of the performing arts (Wrestler), but in execution it takes a bold leap in a different direction, throwing caution to the wind and delivering an over-the-top, consistently heightened, and gloriously insane film that isn’t afraid to skirt with the ridiculous in order to engage with its high-art millieu and troubled central figure.
That figure is Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina working under the sometimes-lecherous,...
- 12/26/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan hit theaters a few weeks ago, but has been expanding wider and wider each week. There's a good chance that if you live near a theater, you'll have the opportunity to see it this weekend, and many of you already have (the movie is doing gangbusters at the box office, making over $22 million to date). Aronofsky hasn't yet made a film that I haven't liked/loved and after 2008's The Wrestler, his name finally began entering the popular consciousness. With Christmas upon us, and many families and couples flocking to the theaters this weekend, we thought it would be a good opportunity to ask: What did you think of Aronofsky's latest film? Is it a worthy follow-up to The Wrestler? Does it live up to the rest of Aronofsky's oeuvre? Does Natalie Portman really deliver an Oscar-worthy performance? And what of Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel,...
- 12/25/2010
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
In 1998 the world was introduced to twisted mind of Darren Aronofsky with his film Pi. Since then we have been hit, movie after movie, with an emotional roller coaster ride that just never seems to let up. With the release of his latest film, Black Swan, Aronofsky does it again.
Black Swan is the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), who is a prima ballerina in the New York Ballet. For the new season, her troupe is doing Swan Lake. Nina’s dream is to get the lead in the show. Beth Macentire (Winona Ryder) is retiring as the current lead, and Nina sees this as her chance to shine. There is one major obstacle in her way, a new ballerina from Los Angeles, Lily (Mila Kunis). Lily is the complete opposite of Nina. Nina is obsessive and wants to be perfect, while Lily has a more loose style and...
Black Swan is the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), who is a prima ballerina in the New York Ballet. For the new season, her troupe is doing Swan Lake. Nina’s dream is to get the lead in the show. Beth Macentire (Winona Ryder) is retiring as the current lead, and Nina sees this as her chance to shine. There is one major obstacle in her way, a new ballerina from Los Angeles, Lily (Mila Kunis). Lily is the complete opposite of Nina. Nina is obsessive and wants to be perfect, while Lily has a more loose style and...
- 12/6/2010
- by Brad Reiter
- Killer Films
Black Swan
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky
2010, USA
Darren Aronofsky does not have a medium setting. However one might feel about any of this films – from the agitated anti-drug parable Requiem for a Dream to the time-bending metaphysical sci-fi mini-epic The Fountain to working-man’s tragedy The Wrestler – it’s difficult to argue that he holds back in any respect. Black Swan acts as a sort of greatest-hits of Aronofsky’s past pet themes – contorted bodies (Requiem), pathological obsession (Pi), and the transformational/destructive properties of the performing arts (Wrestler), but in execution it takes a bold leap in a different direction, throwing caution to the wind and delivering an over-the-top, consistently heightened, and gloriously insane film that isn’t afraid to skirt with the ridiculous in order to engage with its high-art millieu and troubled central figure.
That figure is Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina working under the sometimes-lecherous,...
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky
2010, USA
Darren Aronofsky does not have a medium setting. However one might feel about any of this films – from the agitated anti-drug parable Requiem for a Dream to the time-bending metaphysical sci-fi mini-epic The Fountain to working-man’s tragedy The Wrestler – it’s difficult to argue that he holds back in any respect. Black Swan acts as a sort of greatest-hits of Aronofsky’s past pet themes – contorted bodies (Requiem), pathological obsession (Pi), and the transformational/destructive properties of the performing arts (Wrestler), but in execution it takes a bold leap in a different direction, throwing caution to the wind and delivering an over-the-top, consistently heightened, and gloriously insane film that isn’t afraid to skirt with the ridiculous in order to engage with its high-art millieu and troubled central figure.
That figure is Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina working under the sometimes-lecherous,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Darren Aronofsky may have young hipster's cred, established with his fast-cut, technically daring early features "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream." But look closely and you'll see a purveyor of old-fashioned melodramas.
While the Brooklyn-born director often shows a surface fascination with the frazzled postmodern condition, à la the films of far chillier contemporaries such as Christopher Nolan, David Fincher or the Wachowski brothers, the core of his hot-blooded weepies are about lovers and mothers, fathers and daughters -- the traditional stuff of family melodrama, in which "characters made for operettas play out the tragedies of mankind," according to film theorist Thomas Elsaesser.
Though "Pi's" Maximillian Cohen may be the least obvious of Aronofsky's melodramatic characters, the severe-minded mathematical fanatic echoes Elsaesser's observation that the "true pathos" of the melodrama derives from "the very mediocrity of the human beings involved, putting such high demands upon themselves trying to live...
While the Brooklyn-born director often shows a surface fascination with the frazzled postmodern condition, à la the films of far chillier contemporaries such as Christopher Nolan, David Fincher or the Wachowski brothers, the core of his hot-blooded weepies are about lovers and mothers, fathers and daughters -- the traditional stuff of family melodrama, in which "characters made for operettas play out the tragedies of mankind," according to film theorist Thomas Elsaesser.
Though "Pi's" Maximillian Cohen may be the least obvious of Aronofsky's melodramatic characters, the severe-minded mathematical fanatic echoes Elsaesser's observation that the "true pathos" of the melodrama derives from "the very mediocrity of the human beings involved, putting such high demands upon themselves trying to live...
- 11/24/2010
- by Anthony Kaufman
- ifc.com
Is Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan really one of the finest films of the year? Michael popped along to the London Film Festival screening to find out...
There's something a little bittersweet about watching Black Swan, one of the highlights of the London Film Festival's programme and, importantly, the latest film from director Darren Aronofsky. It now seems set in stone that he will finally graduate from his stellar line of small budget, against-the-grain outsider works, leaping into the comic book adaptation big league, reportedly taking the helm of the new Wolverine movie (although, while at the festival, the director himself seemed unwilling to confirm this development).
This news is particularly saddening, since Black Swan is one of his best works to date, the product of a confident, skilled artist who is in total control of his talents.
You probably already know the setup. This is a film about ballet,...
There's something a little bittersweet about watching Black Swan, one of the highlights of the London Film Festival's programme and, importantly, the latest film from director Darren Aronofsky. It now seems set in stone that he will finally graduate from his stellar line of small budget, against-the-grain outsider works, leaping into the comic book adaptation big league, reportedly taking the helm of the new Wolverine movie (although, while at the festival, the director himself seemed unwilling to confirm this development).
This news is particularly saddening, since Black Swan is one of his best works to date, the product of a confident, skilled artist who is in total control of his talents.
You probably already know the setup. This is a film about ballet,...
- 10/26/2010
- Den of Geek
On Saturday afternoon HeyUGuys had the opportunity to attend one of this year’s American Express Screen Talks at the London Film Festival (hosted at the BFI Southbank) where guest, director Darren Aronofsky, discussed his work and career over ninety thoroughly engaging minutes.
Aronofsky, director of such bold and iconoclastic pictures as Pi and Requiem for a Dream, also brought Mickey Rourke back from a career wilderness in last year’s character drama, The Wrestler, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his pains. In a relatively short (yet varied) career, he’s a filmmaker who possesses that unique ability to move effortlessly between different genres and styles, yet still leaving his own personal imprint on the finish product.
His fifth feature Black Swan, a psychological thriller set in the world of ballet, was part of the festival’s Galas & Special Screenings section on Friday.
While Aronofsky...
Aronofsky, director of such bold and iconoclastic pictures as Pi and Requiem for a Dream, also brought Mickey Rourke back from a career wilderness in last year’s character drama, The Wrestler, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his pains. In a relatively short (yet varied) career, he’s a filmmaker who possesses that unique ability to move effortlessly between different genres and styles, yet still leaving his own personal imprint on the finish product.
His fifth feature Black Swan, a psychological thriller set in the world of ballet, was part of the festival’s Galas & Special Screenings section on Friday.
While Aronofsky...
- 10/25/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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