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  • Carys O'Callaghan Goodley
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Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016)
Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016) 500 374 Carys O'Callaghan Goodley

Have you ever wondered what the everyday life of a street cat looks like? ‘Kedi’ is an observational documentary film that follows the stray cats of Istanbul through their daily…

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  • Katherine Milman
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Hocus Pocus. Dir Kenny Ortega. Walt Disney Pictures. 1993
Hocus Pocus. Dir Kenny Ortega. Walt Disney Pictures. 1993 1000 541 Katherine Milman

https://youtu.be/OFm_2RyxXjQ Figure 1 Figure two, internet discourse surrounding the personality of cats. Thackery Binx is one of the central figures of Hocus Pocus, and in doing this the film considers…

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  • Seohyeon Kim
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Lady Macbeth. Dir. William Oldroyd. Altitude Film Distribution. 2016.
Lady Macbeth. Dir. William Oldroyd. Altitude Film Distribution. 2016. 640 280 Seohyeon Kim

Lady Macbeth depicts the journey of Katherine, pursuing her desire after she meets a black servant Sebastian, during her life under patriarchal oppression from her husband Alexander and his father…

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  • Beth Goodwin
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Shrek 2. Dir. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. DreamWorks Pictures. 2004.
Shrek 2. Dir. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. DreamWorks Pictures. 2004. 615 614 Beth Goodwin

DreamWorks Pictures reintroduces us to some familiar faces from fairy tales – with a comedic twist! The world of Far Far Away parodies and subverts traditional ideas of what a ‘happily…

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  • Amelia Keen
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Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021
Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021 1250 669 Amelia Keen

Like a lamb to the slaughter, the slow-burn, absurd surrealness of A24’s Lamb (2021) leads the audience to an end that blends both chilling twists and heartbreaking loss as the…

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  • Archie Booth
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Children of Men. Dir. by Alfonso Cuarón. Universal Pictures. 2006.
Children of Men. Dir. by Alfonso Cuarón. Universal Pictures. 2006. 150 150 Archie Booth

Children of Men (2006) dir. by Alfonso Cuarón is a science-fiction action drama that takes place in a Britain in 2027. The world for around 18 years has been infertile,…

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  • Eleanore Speight
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.
Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. 150 150 Eleanore Speight

This wild land must be civilised. Whilst this film’s premise – the child-friendly tale of two young werewolves attempting to end Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland – may sound bizarre,…

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  • Eleanore Speight
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.
Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. 570 268 Eleanore Speight

The woods are getting smaller every day. At the core of 2020’s Wolfwalkers is a fable about environmental degradation:  the mounting destruction of the natural world, and the subjugation of…

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  • Alexandrea Bilton
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Paulie. Dir. John Roberts. Dreamworks Pictures. 1998
Paulie. Dir. John Roberts. Dreamworks Pictures. 1998 1536 2048 Alexandrea Bilton

Paulie is a  blue crowned conure, trapped in a small cage within a Research Institute. When he befriends Misha the janitor, Misha realises that Paulie can do more than talk-…

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  • Natalie Fenn
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Dir. Jim Stenstrum. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. 1998.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Dir. Jim Stenstrum. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. 1998. 150 150 Natalie Fenn

Figure 1 – Simone and Lena’s partial werecat transformation, lending them features of both species. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island[1] is subversive both in terms of subverting what you’d expect from…

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