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Watership Down. Dir. Martin Rosen. Cinema International Corporation. 1978.

Above left: Film Poster Richard Adams reading Watership Down in 2008 Far from the fluffy, cotton-tailed animals we think rabbits to be, Watership Down (dir. Martin Rosen, 1978) depicts the brutal world of a political and regimented rabbit hierarchy. Chief rabbits dictate from the top of the hierarchy, whilst the military ‘Owsla’ bring down…

7th January 2015

Robin Hood. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman. Walt Disney Productions. 1973.

Robin Hood, dir. Wolfgang Reitherman (Walt Disney Productions, 1973) Here is the trailer for the ‘foxy’ Robin Hood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awONp__GGvU This Disney animation of the legend of Robin Hood focuses on the adventures of the eponymous hero as he steals from the rich to give to the poor. Early in the film, with his friend Little John, (Phil Harris)…

5th January 2015

The Selfish Giant. Dir. Clio Barnard. IFC Films. 2013.

Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant[1] (2013)follows the story of thirteen year old best friends Arbor and Swifty in a modern adaption of Oscar Wilde’s story of the same name. Once they are excluded from school the boys start collecting scrap for Kitten, the owner of the local scrapyard; although his name might suggest geniality, he is anything…

21st December 2014

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Watership Down. Dir. Martin Rosen. Cinema International Corporation. 1978.

Robin Hood. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman. Walt Disney Productions. 1973.

Touching Wild Horses. Dir. Eleanore Lindo. Chesler/Perlmutter Productions. 2002.

Tom at the Farm. Dir. Xavier Dolan. MK2. 2013.

The Whale. Dir. Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit. Kinosmith & Paladin. 2011.

The Fly. Dir. David Cronenberg. 20th Century Fox. 1986.

Scooby-Doo. Dir. Raja Gosnell. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2002.

Room. Dir. Lenny Abrahamson. A24 Films. 2015.

Maelström . Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm. 2000.