Darren Aronofsky

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Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar for The Whale
Actor wins prize for performance as a reclusive, morbidly obese teacher in the drama directed by Darren Aronofsky

Andrew Pulver

13, Mar, 2023 @3:22 AM

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Why we need to see fat actors as objects of romantic desire in mainstream films | Letters
Letter: It’s hard to stomach the feeling that the world sees my husband as some pervert for finding me attractive, says one reader

29, Jan, 2023 @6:40 PM

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We're meant to find Brendan Fraser in a fat suit tragic, not funny. Is that really progress? | Phoebe-Jane Boyd
I’m desperate to see fat characters who aren’t ‘comic’ – but The Whale’s appeal for pity is still far from the dignity they deserve, says editor Phoebe-Jane Boyd

Phoebe-Jane Boyd

25, Jan, 2023 @2:54 PM

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‘All that hyperventilating makes you dizzy’: Brendan Fraser and Darren Aronofsky on The Whale
The actor and director are joined by screenwriter Samuel D Hunter to discuss career comebacks, the hazards of Hollywood and the importance of human connection

Ryan Gilbey

09, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy
A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings

Jonathan Romney

10, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM

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The Whale review – Darren Aronofsky’s latest is a contrived disappointment
It’s hard to feel much sympathy for Brendan Fraser’s morbidly obese English teacher in this much anticipated but underwhelming return to movies

Peter Bradshaw

04, Sep, 2022 @7:30 PM

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Brendan Fraser: role taught me severely obese people are ‘incredibly strong’
Actor says lead role of Charlie in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is ‘most heroic man I have ever played’

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

04, Sep, 2022 @2:19 PM

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Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival
Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

Andrew Pulver

26, Jul, 2022 @1:44 PM

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Welcome to Earth review – Will Smith has Important Things to say, but he’s no Attenborough
In this Hollywood blockbuster of a nature show, Will Smith crosses horrifying gorges and teeters on the edge of volcanoes to deliver banal messages about conquering fear, and the beauty of the world

Emine Saner

08, Dec, 2021 @12:00 PM

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Requiem for a Dream at 20: Aronofsky's nightmare still haunts
The auteur’s bold and brutal 2000 adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr’s cultish novel about addiction remains an indelible and shocking act of provocation

Guy Lodge

27, Oct, 2020 @6:21 AM

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Justice for directors! The $20m 'Snyder cut' should only be the start
Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Justice League is going to see the light of day in 2021. Here are other films that should get the same treatment

Stuart Heritage

21, May, 2020 @4:43 PM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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