After 'Caught Stealing,' Darren Aronofsky Needs To Go Back to Doing What He Does Best

In the 2000s, Darren Aronofskybelonged to the prestigious class of idiosyncratic directors with distinct visual and thematic styles identifiable by the average moviegoer. Starting with his indie debut, Pi, and lasting through his artistic and commercial peak with Black Swan, Aronofsky's unique sensibilities and personal expression were formative for countless budding cinephiles. Since then, he's been a mixed bag, even when he's offering something familiar to his golden era, like Mother! Caught Stealing, Aronofsky's latest film, is arguably a low point in the sense that it's his first movie that feels relatively anonymous.