Darren Aronofsky News
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The 12th Tribeca Film Festival, which opens Wednesday and continues through April 28, may not be the biggest edition ever mounted. Yet it’s still enormous enough to be overwhelming, with 89 feature films, 60 shorts and five interactive projects from 37 countries.
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Director Quentin Tarantino started the job of steering the Venice Film Festival jury yesterday, marveling at the chance to judge two dozen movies in just under two weeks.
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Ballet as blood sport hardly begins to describe the audacious “Black Swan,” director Darren Aronofsky ’s fever dream of paranoia, artistry and toe shoes.
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Dancer Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed the movie “Black Swan” and had a small part in it, will head the Paris Opera Ballet from Oct. 15, 2014.
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Sarah Lamb is held upside down by a dance partner, her legs like half-open scissors, as dissonant violin music screeches through a London practice studio.
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Iceland has won praise from Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and the International Monetary Fund for its ability to dig itself out of financial ruin. Now, the island is turning to Hollywood for the next chapter in its recovery.
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Sofia Coppola followed in her father’s footsteps by winning a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival , and said she hoped the prize would come as a boost to small-scale movies not shot in 3-D.
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“The King’s Speech” and leading man Colin Firth are overwhelming favorites to win top Oscars when the Academy Awards are announced on Feb. 27, extending four years of dominance by smaller-budget films.
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George Clooney, Madonna and Al Pacino will present movies of their own making at this year’s Venice Film Festival, starting tomorrow.
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“Faust” by the Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov was the surprise winner of the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival last night.
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