On Aug. 21 and 24, Darren Aronofsky ’s ballet–psychological thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, is back in theaters in a newly remastered version playing on Imax screens across the country.

When Darren Aronofsky met Natalie Portman at a Times Square diner in 2000, the rising starlet was a junior at Harvard, fresh off the first Star Wars prequel. Aronofsky, who had just broken through with his grippingly bleak addiction drama Requiem for a Dream, wanted Portman to play a ballet dancer in his next film.