Today I was IMDB'ing (one of my favorite activities.....should I get a life?) and came across Black Swan, set to premiere at TIFF in September. I'm expecting big things for a few reasons: 1) It's directed by Brooklyn-born Darren Aronofsky, who most of you will know for directing 2009's The Wrestler and the cult favorite Requiem for a Dream (Jennifer Connolly, total babe) and 2) it stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and Winona Ryder.
Winona Ryder?! What?
Thefts aside, interesting cast. While some talented actors pick some truly dreadful scripts (Denzel?), Natalie Portman never disappoints. She outshines her counterparts by miles, but Mila has potential to come into her own. Most of the other actors are in that awkward in-between stage, like awkward preteens trying their best to graduate from the silver screen.Parisian Vincent Cassel is the only notable male lead, having shot Ocean's Twelve and Thirteen, but as is always the case with TIFF.. the actors don't make the film. The film makes them.
Anyway, it's a bit of a typical ballet movie in some ways: totally consumed dancer with an overbearing mother and a hot young thing rival. The competition unravels little miss perfect and then things get creative. Why is there always a market for ballet movies? I swear once every five years they're back, in some way very appealing. Ballet in film is always much sexier than ballet in real life. Less anorexia, more ass.
The rest of the lineup is here:
http://tiff.net/press/pressreleases/2010/celebrated-actors-and-filmmakers-take-centre-stage-as-tiff-announces-stellar-lineup-of-galas-and-special-presentations
And believe me, I have a lot more to say about many of these.
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