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In the midst of a somewhat boring Oscar season of scant creativity and a lack of thrills comes a breath of fresh air with Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky’s newest flick, a trippy, Polanski-esque suspense drama about the ballet, is a bird of its own feather. Read more…

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Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo Del Toro understands that the purpose of fantasy has always been an escape mechanism. Set in Franco’s post-civil war Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth follows a young girl, Ofelia, as she shifts between a mystifying dream world and an oppressively cruel real life living under her despotic and cruel army officer step dad. Pan’s Labyrinth is a thoughtful examination into the duality between our fantasies and the harsher realities of life and how the two can intermingle and bleed into one another. Pan’s Labyrinth is sublime, beautiful, and easily the best fantasy film of the decade.

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