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Requiem for a Dream Gets Re-Imagined with Puppets

You’d think adding puppets might lighten the mood for anything, but as a Fake Film Fest entry proves, that’s not necessarily true. A video posted by Skelemo on YouTube depicts Darren Aronofsky’s classic Requiem for a Dream with puppets, and the result is, well, super creepy. The re-imagined clip was done by Brendan James Boyd, Jess Wood, Matthew Jacques, Marcela Rausch, Ali Hasan, Dusty Hagerud, and Karla Kampars with music by Michael Gordon, Live for Films pointed out. Take a look below to see the film’s most recognized scenes recreated, including the signature shot of an eye dilating, only this...  read more

Watch Darren Aronofsky’s Video for Metallica and Lou Reed’s “The View”

Darren Aronofsky, director of _The Wrestler_ and _Black Swan_, has released his video for the Lou Reed and Metallica song “The View.”  read more

Darren Aronofsky to Direct Lou Reed and Metallica Video

It turns out that Lou Reed and Metallica are dragging another respectable name into the mess that is Lulu. Darren Aronofsky, the Oscar-nominated director of films like Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler, will direct a video for “Iced Honey,” one of the album’s least-offensive tracks.   read more

Black Swan

Black Swan is well made, there’s no denying that, and it completes its contract with the audience in giving Nina’s story an obvious parallel with Swan Lake. But its reductive sexual politics and simplistic themes keep it from any real depth, despite the craft on display from its entire cast.  read more

Watch the Trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis star in mind-manipulating director Darren Aronofsky’s (The Wrestler, The Fountain) thriller Black Swan....  read more

Brad Pitt Signs on With Darren Aronofsky for The Tiger

Brad Pitt and Darren Aronofsky are working on new adventure thriller The Tiger....  read more

It's No Renee Zellweger as Dubya, But Rachel Weisz as Jackie O Will Have to Do

Ever envision Kathy Bates as Richard Nixon? We have!  read more

15 Masterful Directors with Films in 2010

Even the best actors will occasionally take a paycheck from a film they know is a stinker, but a great director is the closest Hollywood has to a sure thing.  read more

The Wrestler

American filmmakers may have rediscovered emotional realism...  read more

Catching Up With... Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, The Wrestler, is a surprisingly tender portrait...  read more