Tag: Natalie Portman

• Best of the Decade: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’ (2010)

  

   What gave Black Swan its most enduring legacy (aside from the seemingly endless font of memes it inspired that year) was its unique twist on the psychological thriller.  A nod to the Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger classic, The Red Shoes, Darren Aronofsky’s film tells the story of Nina Sayres, a corps dancer who dreams of becoming…

  Jessica Taghap

  March 11, 2020

  Review, Rewind

  Best of Decade: Film (2010s), Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Emeric Pressburger, Film, Film Strips, Film: Black Swan (2010), Film: The Red Shoes (1948), Michael Powell, Natalie Portman, Sight

• For Art’s Sake: ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ Explore the Line Between Art and Self-Destruction

  

  How must one transform oneself in order to be fulfilled as an artist, especially if one is a woman?  And what sacrifices must be made in order for that to happen?  Welcome to the first installment of FILM STRIPS, where I share with you some of my favorites and hopefully have some fun deconstructing them…

  Jessica Taghap

  August 10, 2014

  Filmstrips, Review

  #Screen, #ScreenReview, Black Swan, Center Stage, Darren Aronofsky, Film Strips, Filmstrips, Hans Christian Andersen, Memoirs of a Geisha, Natalie Portman, Nicholas Hytner, Rob Marshall, The Red Shoes, Zhang Ziyi