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Katherine Milman
20th January 2023
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The Book of Life. Dir Jorge R. Gutierrez. 20th Century Fox. 2014

The Book of Life. Dir Jorge R. Gutierrez. 20th Century Fox. 2014 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/C447F8A2-435A-41C7-8456-D1575D82BA04.jpeg 1280 545 Katherine Milman Katherine Milman https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6158a3db270a3e2a357e213f176a9c15?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

https://youtu.be/mP01tEMzt40 Figure 1: Film trailer “I’m allergic to dying!“-Pepe Rodriguez 20th Century Fox’s, 2014, animated feature film, The Book of Life, follows two best friends, Manolo and Joaquin, who are…

Athena Solomon Berhane
5th February 2021
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019

The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane Athena Solomon Berhane https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45253d034e9dd3fe74e4418bfa6962a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th February 2021 17th March 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMhRiyraxE&ab_channel=WatchTheFrame%3F Of course, it is odd to gaze from social isolation into absolute claustrophobia while still in a lockdown: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s twisted dystopian Sci-Fi thriller El Hoyo (in international release…

Athena Solomon Berhane
27th January 2021
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019

The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane Athena Solomon Berhane https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45253d034e9dd3fe74e4418bfa6962a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2021 17th March 2022

In the movie snails are a metaphor for human cruelty and cannibalism. In the twisted dystopian science fiction movie “The Platform,” inmates of a vertically piled up prison, with two…

Chelsea Dunbobbin
14th January 2021
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The Shallows. Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Columbia Pictures. 2016.

The Shallows. Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Columbia Pictures. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Chelsea Dunbobbin Chelsea Dunbobbin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2310a2da4f73058d35034c37d1ce8e15?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2021 5th November 2021

The Shallows uses the tale of Nancy (Blake Lively), a surfer alone and vulnerable in the picturesque coasts of Mexico only to be aggressively hunted by a great white shark…

Anna Fraser
19th January 2015
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Pan’s Labyrinth. Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2006.

Pan’s Labyrinth. Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2006. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Anna Fraser Anna Fraser https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/212e867f351f3929ef1a2dfe32aee439?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19th January 2015 25th May 2021

Pan’s Labyrinth (Original Title: El laberinto del fauno) Guillermo del Toro’s visually arresting Pan’s Labyrinth is set in 1944 against the backdrop of post civil-war Spain. It follows the story of the…