Awards

Black Swan, Directed by Darren Aronofsky

May 27, 2011
By Jon
Black Swan, Directed by Darren Aronofsky

Black Swan may be a British film but its director Darren Aronofsky gives the film an almost melodramatic art-house feel that it is so far from the usual Hollywood style films that it deserves a mention here. Order Here The film covers the darker world of ballet, the world of espionage, envy, fear of failure and psychological torture of being pushed into ever increasing stressful situations. The characters in Black Swan are like they came straight from a Brothers Grimm nursery tale with...

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Pan’s Labyrinth, a Modern Fairytale, Wins the 2008 BBC4 World Cinema award

September 20, 2009
By Jon
Pan’s Labyrinth, a Modern Fairytale, Wins the 2008 BBC4 World Cinema award

Pan’s Labyrinth (Spanish title: Laberinto del fauno, El), is a gothic fairy tale set against the post civil war repression in Spain. Guillermo del Toro, the Mexican director, collected the award from Catherine Deneuve at the award ceremony the BFI Southbank in London. On collecting his award, Guillermo del Toro said: “I am very humbled by the competition and the nominations so I am very happy to have won this award. I am extremely thankful because world cinema seems...

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