requiem for a dream

Uncovering Curiosities: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER!

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s 2017 film, mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which [...]

May 15, 2021

Darren Aronofsky Talks About His Failed Adaptation Of Frank Miller’s BATMAN: YEAR ONE

After the failure of Batman & Robin in 1997, Warner Bros. decided to take Batman in a different direction. They hired Darren Aronofsky (hot-off Pi and Requiem for a Dream) to develop a take on Frank Miller’s seminal tale, Batman: Year [...]

April 18, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Is Like A Baseball Bat To The Face

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which plays with [...]

January 20, 2018

Melancholy Movie Marvels

Cinema has the ability to cast a spell over its audience, to keep our eyes firmly gripped to the screen and not want to even blink for fear of missing something special. What is even stranger is when that is the case despite being transported to a [...]

May 2, 2017