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Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2011)

Black Swan
To stretch arts funding even further, it should be required that all ballet dancers must vomit into the mouths of opera singers.
Unfortunately, the ballerina in this thriller is too busy stalking the lead in Swan Lake to regurgitate anything.
Nina (Natalie Portman), an aspiring dancer following in her mother's (Barbara Hershey) tiptoes, vies for the duel lead role of the Swan Queen.
Informed by the director (Vincent Cassel) that she lacks the seductive quality to play the Black Swan, Nina sets out to prove him wrong by exploring her sexuality with a fellow dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis).
But when the director casts Lily as her understudy, Nina becomes suspicious of her friend.
As per its subject matter, Black Swan is highbrow entertainment – a perfect paradigm of a psychological breakdown. Filled with pathos and paranoia, it plays to its theatrical backdrop masterfully.
Plus, there's nary a Ballerino to be found. (Green Light)