Watching a neighbor's cat turns lethal in 'Caught Stealing'

Justin Chang

September 05, 2025 / 9:33 am

I have enjoyed many films directed by Darren Aronofsky, even the ones whose titles alone can trigger stomach-turning images of flesh being mutilated or pulverized.

With Black Swan , the first thing I think of is Natalie Portman peeling away the skin from her fingers. With The Wrestler , it's Mickey Rourke mishandling a meat slicer. Thankfully, I have only vague memories of Jared Leto 's gangrenous arm from Requiem for a Dream . In movie after movie, including the recent Brendan Fraser -starring drama The Whale , Aronofsky delights in pushing the human body to extremes of physical and sometimes spiritual endurance.

By his grisly standards, the darkly funny crime

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