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Darren Aronofsky - news / articles


  • Aronofsky joins in Portman dance defence - 30 March 2011
    -Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has waded in to defend Natalie Portman amid allegations she relied on a dance double to perform most of her complex ballet moves in the Oscar-winning film.- -The star, who won a Best Actress Academy Award for her role as a troubled da


  • Aronofsky exits Wolverine movie - 18 March 2011
    -Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has pulled out of the latest X-Men spin-off for personal reasons. - -The acclaimed moviemaker reveals he cannot commit to spending so much time away from his family, shooting the action film X-Men Origins: Wolverine on location in pl


  • Aronofsky was urged to 'pull the plug' on Black Swan - 15 January 2011
    -Darren Aronofsky was under pressure to "pull the plug" on Black Swan before the cameras rolled, because he struggled to win financial backing for the ballet movie.- -The director has won rave reviews and critical acclaim, as well as numerous awards nominations, for the d

Darren Aronofsky - what members say


  • Pi
  • Pi review by McClennan from St Helens, Home of The Challenge Cup Holders
    Rated - 3.0 stars Not everyone's cup of tea 15 March 2005
    ...Darren Aronofsky?s Requiem For A Dream is one of the best films of recent years and this is the film that put him on the map. For one reason or another I?ve never gotten around...   Read customer review
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • Requiem for a Dream review by from DUNDEE
    Rated - 5.0 stars 9 February 2004
    ...Bringing forward his stylish camera work and quick cuts, director Darren Aronofsky shows us the connected lives of four addicts. Over a requiem of seasons we watch with shocki...   Read customer review
  • The Fountain
  • The Fountain review by Desy from Northern Ireland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Masterclass 1 April 2007
    ...Cements Darren Aronofsky's reputation as one of the hottest directors working in America today. If you are a fan of such redefining Sci-Fi flicks as '2001: A Space Odyssey' and...   Read customer review

Darren Aronofsky - filmography


  • Black Swan - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Vincent Cassel,  Mila Kunis
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 751 members
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  • Black Swan on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Vincent Cassel,  Mila Kunis
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 48,662 members
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  • The Wrestler on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Mickey Rourke,  Ernest Miller,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The wrestler is the story of retired professional wrestler, Randy "The Ram" Robinson, making his way through the independent circuit, trying to get back in the game for one final showdown with his former rival.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 56,674 members
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  • The Wrestler - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Marisa Tomei,  Evan Rachel Wood,  Ernest
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Darren Aronofsky directs this searing drama about a past-his-prime wrestler who tries to regain his earlier fame. Mickey Rourke (ANGEL HEART, SIN CITY) continues a career revival of his own as the fighter, while Oscar winner Marisa Tomei (IN THE BEDROOM, MY COUSIN VINNY) and Evan Rachel Wood (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 11,948 members
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  • The Fountain - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Ethan Suplee,  Cliff Curtis,  Sean Gullette
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Darren Aronofsky's THE FOUNTAIN is sure to enchant, beguile, and inspire intense debate among his fans. During the gap since 2000's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, Aronofsky had struggled to bring THE FOUNTAIN to the screen, principally because leading man Brad Pitt dropped out of the project. The complex ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,440 members
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  • The Fountain on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ethan Suplee,  Cliff Curtis,  Sean Gullette
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the legendary entity believed to grant immortality. As modern-day ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 20,960 members
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  • Requiem for a Dream on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jared Leto,  Ellen Burstyn,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 28,154 members
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  • Pi (1999)
    Starring: Sean Gullette,  Mark Margolis,  Ben Shenkman
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Low-budget film that won Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 13,587 members
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Darren Aronofsky facts

5 most recent films

Black Swan - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Black Swan - 3.5 stars
The Wrestler - 3.5 stars
The Wrestler - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Fountain - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Requiem for a Dream - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Wrestler - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Black Swan - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Wrestler - 3.5 stars
Requiem for a Dream - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Fountain - 2.5 stars
The Fountain - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Pi - 3.5 stars
Black Swan - 3.5 stars
Requiem for a Dream - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sean Gullette - 5 times - show films
Ellen Burstyn - 4 times - show films
Vale Anoai - 3 times - show films
Mark Margolis - 3 times - show films
Mickey Rourke - 3 times - show films