Film Review
'Black Swan' is Ballet of Psychological Horror
Darren Aronofsky's latest movie is a dark, seductive cinematic dance with multiple personalities.
Black Swan is a dizzying and disturbing exercise in art-house horror, but despite some great performances it can't quite hold itself together. It's a film that's lost in wild directorial pirouettes, visceral detail and nightmarish imagery. It may be director Darren Aronofsky's most disturbing film yet, but it's definitely not his strongest, despite the best efforts of his prima ballerina. After a celebrated realistic hiatus with The Wrestler (2008), Aronofsky is back to surrealism. In his latest offering, he examines the psychological underbelly of New York's highly competitive ballet world and the young women who suffer within it. Aronofsky makes the ballet world seem like some evil conspiracy against its delicate ballerinas. It's a …
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