Films starring Natalie Portman

May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

By Hannah Strong

Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.

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Thor: Love and Thunder

By Adam Woodward

Taika Waititi returns to the MCU five years after Thor: Ragnarok with a disappointing sequel sorely lacking in charm and imagination.

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Lucy in the Sky

By Hannah Strong

Astronaut Natalie Portman struggles to adapt to life back on earth in Noah Hawley’s dull space drama.

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Eating Animals

By David Jenkins

If you didn’t realise there are environmental and economic downsides to consuming meat, then this entry-level film is for you.

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Vox Lux

By Greg Wetherall

A star is born amid tragic circumstances in Brady Corbet’s stylish and cynical second feature.

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Annihilation

By Adam Woodward

Alex Garland delivers a visually stunning, coolly affecting allegory for life, loss and human fallibility.

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Jackie

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A career-best Natalie Portman channels the spirit of former FLOTUS Jackie O in this ace biopic.

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Knight of Cups

By David Jenkins

Terrence Malick continues to inspire awe with this transcendent tale of a man looking back to past loves.

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Jane Got a Gun

By David Jenkins

Natalie Portman has her finger firmly off the trigger in this calamitous faux feminist western.

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Thor: The Dark World

By Adam Lee Davies

Familiarity trumps originality in this fun and very funny comic book sequel with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston.

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Thor

By James Smith

Just sit back and try to enjoy this story of an arrogant God and his hammer, and you probably won’t be disappointed.

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Black Swan

By Matt Bochenski

If Black Swan is Darren Aronofsky’s claim to creative genius, it’s one that is undermined by the film’s own dual nature.

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