That early training helped prepare her for her latest role, as a ballerina with a (very) dark side in Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan. "As a child, I idealized [ballet ...

starring an undaunted Natalie Portman as a ballerina who gets the part of a lifetime — the Swan Queen and her dark double — if only she can keep it together. “Black Swan” is at once ...

That early training helped prepare her for her latest role, as a ballerina with a (very) dark side in Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan. "As a child, I idealized [ballet ...

Darren Aronofsky's last movie, "The Wrestler," was the best movie of 2008. His newest, "Black Swan," set in the world of ballet, has a similar theme - the toll, physical and mental, that some will ...

while she has the innocence to portray the white swan Odette, she lacks the dark heart for the rival black swan Odile. The film depicts Ms. Portman as frail, needy and vulnerable. She is easily ...