Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky is due out in December (US), and offers a twist on backstage ballet dramas. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina selected to dance the Odette/Odile role in Swan Lake, but must fight the competition of a fellow dancer played by Mila Kunis. A touch of All About Eve, a sprinkle of the impresario/ingenue romance of The Red Shoes, and apparently some occult-psycho, best-girlfriends-not-really Single White Female thrown in for good measure. Yum!
My Dog Tulip is based on the book by J.R. Ackerley and is an animated film based on hand-drawn and painted images (shocking I know! 
). Christoper Plummer, the late Lynne Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini provide the voices. The drawings are all very loose and sketchy and really catch dog behavior, at least from what I saw in the trailer. It arrives in US theaters in September. Definitely has that poignant yet heartwarming vibe.
