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Putting It Together
THE DARK OF THE MATINEE — ... APRON STRINGS TEARS FOR SALE THE WRESTLER SYNEDOCHE NEW YORK COOPER'S CAMERA WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU ...

Venice and Toronto. The Wrestler.
GreenCine Daily — First order of business: "In the first major buy of the Toronto International Film Festival, Fox Searchlight won an intense all-night bidding war for Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, which days before had won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fest. Searchlight acquired US rights for about $4 million." Variety's Anne Thompson has details. Scott Foundas "had the chance to see Aronofsky's film earlier this summer during the selection screenings for the New York Film Festival (where ...

NYFF. The Wrestler.
GreenCine Daily — ... (site) "may best be described as an existentialist tragicomedy about the nature of identity and performance, but the movie itself is as light as low-calorie mayonnaise - which is saying a lot when you consider that, in director ...

Ka-Chunk
Hollywood Elsewhere — Ka-Chunk Spoiler alert : If there's one problem facing Darren Aronofsky 's The Wrestler in terms of older Academy viewers (i.e., 50-plus), it's probably the scene involving metal staples. I say this as an admirer of this scalding character drama, and as a major supporter of Mickey Rourke 's shot at landing a Best Actor nomination. But without going into specifics, the scene I'm alluding to didn't draw me in or win me over by any stretch. It's just a speed-bump thing so I recovered and moved on, but the memory of it...wow. ...

Golden Globes – The Winners! (Yes, Mickey Rourke won!)
Film Gecko — ... after the jump… Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama ***Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie – Changeling Meryl Streep – Doubt Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama ***Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road Frank Langella – ...