My Inktober 2022 entry for Week 3 is the 2010 winner for “Best Actress” – Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller Black Swan.
Natalie Portman’s tour de force and Oscar-winning performance was, unfortunately, missed by a lot of people because of the frightening press Black Swan received prior to its release. Keeping with director Aronofky’s “brand,” the film was a surreal nightmare, perfectly suited to the subject matter and effectively depicting the “spiraling into madness” experienced by the main character, as so effectively portrayed by Portman.