Jackie

History and Natalie Portman come together in this film. A woman of many talents and so far the only woman to look really good with really short hair. Jacky is all about Jacky Kennedy, wife of John F Kennedy and how she handled with his death, holding part of his skull and the funeral arrangements.

The accent is really different. Jackie is someone that English people don't learn about in history lessons so for me this film is an education. Watching her go through her mood changes after his death, first the determination with the funeral arrangements, then the changes at the second last minute, only to change them completely again at the last minute. The strength and character of her to know exactly what she wants, insist on it to be done and then to enter in to talks with a priest (John Hurt), listen to him, change her mind and then change them back again- watching the change is wonderful. She basically told everyone to go to hell in this movie.

Unlike 'The Iron Lady' when they do the flashbacks they don't use original footage (if there was any), they film in black and white but with Natalie Portman in the shot and her voice in the shot so that it is her all the way throughout this movie. She pulls off any colour that she has to wear, even pink and she has her moments of breaking down. Jackie is a masterclass of Portman in  a very serious and controlled way. Probably the most controlled performance I have ever seen from her. So different from anything that she has done before and a good step for her career. She doesn't look like she has aged in the last ten years. She looks good, she still is good.

Learn from it.