Russell Crowe portrays the prophet as a biblical superhero, an antediluvian dark knight
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Noah, the world’s first environmentalist
Scripture gave Darren Aronofsky and Russell Crowe much to work with in this controversial take on the Biblical flood
One nut-cracked ballerina
‘Black Swan’ plays like a deranged pas de deux between Hitchcock and Cronenberg
Sassy Cassel and perfect Portman
The stars of Black Swan come out for a subdued trek down the red carpet
Mickey Rourke, Oscar bait?
Talk abut unlikely Oscar candidates. First Anne Hathaway—once dismissed as just another pretty woman in Brokeback Mountain,The Devil Wears Prada and Get Smart—dazzles everyone with her hard-edged performance in Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married, which is the clear hit of the festival. And now, just a few hours ago I saw one of the most unlikely Oscar-worthy performances you can imagine: Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. This film won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, beating out Rachel Getting Married.