Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a retired widow, living in a small apartment. She spends most of her time watching TV, especially a particular self-help show. She has delusions of rising above ...

Some of the best movies about addiction are also the most intense and heartbreaking films ever made, from Trainspotting to Requiem for a Dream.

Darren Aronofsky's film - Requiem For A Dream - dares to venture into a physiological ... Ellen Burstyn plays Sara Goldfarb, a lonely Jewish widow living out her twilight years in front of the ...

No list of this nature would be complete without Requiem for a Dream, which tells the story of four characters battling terrible addictions. Sara (Ellen Burstyn) is addicted to amphetamines ...