Tag: Symbolic

Black Swan: Dark Hearts, Tortured Artists, and the Transition to Womanhood

On By C.H. NewellIn Barbara Hershey, Darren Aronofsky, Drama, Film, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Thriller, Vincent Cassel, Winona RyderLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVi98u5RL0 Black Swan. 2010. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Screenplay by Andrés Heinz, Mark Heyman, & John J. McLaughlin. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo, Kristina Anapau, Janet Montgomery, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Sergio Torrado, Mark Margolis, & Tina Sloan. Protozoa Pictures/Fox Searchlight Pictures/Cross Creek Pictures. Rated 14A. …

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Carl Th. Dreyer’s Day of Wrath: An Allegory of Power and the Raw Truth of Religious Cruelties

On By C.H. NewellIn 1943, Black-and-white, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Day of Wrath, Drama, Film, Nazis, WitchesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_SATxIRMts Day of Wrath. 1943. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Screenplay by Dreyer, Pol Knudsen, & Mogens Skot-Hansen; based on the play Anne Pedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssen. Starring Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye, & Albert Hoeberg. Palladium Productions. Not Rated. 97 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2  History allows us to look back on films …

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