Portman’s Bloody Ballerina Tears Hangnails; Barney’s Tale: Film
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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.
Don’t be fooled by the rarefied milieu: “Black Swan” is one of the best, lushest horror films since Kubrick's “The Shining,” worthy of every inevitable comparison to the high- minded creep-outs of Cronenberg, Polanski and Lynch.