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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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  • Victoria Coffell
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Mason’s Rats. Dir. Carlos Stevens. Netflix. 2022.
Mason’s Rats. Dir. Carlos Stevens. Netflix. 2022. 2560 1350 Victoria Coffell

“Like World War fucking IV.” Figure 1: Mason receives a warning from the rats The Love, Death and Robots’ episode, Mason’s Rats, centres around conflict regarding control and the co-existence of humans and animals,…

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  • Olivia Westerdale
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28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2002.
28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2002. 150 150 Olivia Westerdale

Boyle’s 28 Days Later presents a devastated post-apocalyptic world in which a highly infectious rage virus spreads through humanity, causing those infected to be struck with mindless violent rage. The…

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  • Nuruleine Qadar
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We Need To Talk About Kevin. Dir. Lynne Ramsay. 2011. Youtube.
We Need To Talk About Kevin. Dir. Lynne Ramsay. 2011. Youtube. 1876 816 Nuruleine Qadar

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to mourn Mr. Snuffles, who was snuffed out.“ Lynne Ramsay’s psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin portrays the debate of nurture versus…

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  • Abbie Whelan
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Me and You and Everyone We Know. Dir. Miranda July. IFC Films. 2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know. Dir. Miranda July. IFC Films. 2005 150 150 Abbie Whelan

Figure 1 Me and You and Everyone We Know – fish scene Goldfish have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years, and Me and You and Everyone We Know…

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  • Sandra Agusti Capella
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Sing. Dir. Garth Jennings. Illumination Entertainment. 2016
Sing. Dir. Garth Jennings. Illumination Entertainment. 2016 789 451 Sandra Agusti Capella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPgK_u4vX8 Figure 1: Film cover Illumination Entertainment’s Sing is a computer animated film that follows a group of anthropomorphic animals taking part in a singing competition that interferes in the…

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  • Carys O'Callaghan Goodley
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Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008)
Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008) 1024 427 Carys O'Callaghan Goodley

A Photo of Lucy who stands at the front of the shot panting, and her owner Wendy who stands behind her, separated by a chain-linked fence. (1) Wendy and Lucy…

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  • Nicholas Martin
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Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978.
Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQihnrjlhk James Fargo’s 1978 film Every Which Way but Loose follows Clint Eastwood’s character Philo Beddo and his orangutan companion Clyde in their search for love. The audience’s expectations of human-animal relationships…

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  • Catriona Keep
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Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992.
Porco Rosso. Dir Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1992. 150 150 Catriona Keep

The cinema scene in Porco Rosso tells us a lot about how stereotypes are assigned onto animals through media to serve specific agendas, in this case they are largely political.…

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  • Prail Coffell
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Red River. Dir. Howard Hawks. Monterey Productions. 1948.
Red River. Dir. Howard Hawks. Monterey Productions. 1948. 150 150 Prail Coffell

https://youtu.be/aN0alpNLQak American expansionism and the frontier myth – the romanticisation of prosperity found in claiming the ‘wilderness’ and the forceful expansion of the American border – pillars of the Western…

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