Animal: Sheep – ZooScope

Amelia Keen
5th February 2022
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Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021

Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screenshot-2022-01-31-14.36.31.png 1250 669 Amelia Keen Amelia Keen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b15639a5783c8a97ed344d89e0ccb446?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th February 2022 5th February 2022

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…

Eleanore Speight
27th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2022 29th January 2022

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,…

Eleanore Speight
18th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deer-1.png 570 268 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 21st January 2022

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…

Lauren Webb
17th January 2022
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Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang. Dir. Susanna White. Universal Pictures. 2010.

Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang. Dir. Susanna White. Universal Pictures. 2010. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lauren Webb Lauren Webb https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84a748d2aaf3147c9916f472eaf061f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 18th January 2022

https://youtu.be/1ROIP2PRqt8?t=193 Susanna White’s Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang (2010) introduces Mr Edelweiss as Nanny McPhee’s mischievous sidekick. Mr Edelweiss is a Jackdaw crow, a member of the Corvid species,…