Year: 2011

  • Abbie Whelan
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The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011
The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011 150 150 Abbie Whelan

Figure 1. The title of the film, The Future, is emblematic of the very thing the characters fear, what is the unknown. July certainly lets the cat out of the…

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  • Nicholas Martin
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Mr Popper’s Penguins. Dir. Mark Waters. 20th Century Fox. 2011.
Mr Popper’s Penguins. Dir. Mark Waters. 20th Century Fox. 2011. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

Figure One Jim Carrey and Penguins. It does not get any better. Think Beethoven but with Penguins. Try to spot the difference between the CGI penguins and the real ones.…

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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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  • Jasmine Allen
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Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011.
Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011. 1280 720 Jasmine Allen

Opening with the vibrant celebration of colours and exotic sounds of the Brazilian rainforest, our focus is drawn to a nervous exotic baby macaw bird called Blu who plucks up…

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  • Danielle Marsh
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Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011.
Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011. 1920 1080 Danielle Marsh

As Rango’s terrarium hits the concrete and shatters, the bleak reality of human nature and the wake of destruction we leave becomes apparent. To humans, animal suffering is a mere…

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  • Aylin Ezder
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Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011.
Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011. 150 150 Aylin Ezder

Rango film poster “Rango’s” animated Western storyline is narrated by an owl mariachi band with thick Spanish accents who tell the story of a nameless pet chameleon. The anthropomorphic chameleon…

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  • Guelcan Arslan
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The Hunter. Dir. Daniel Nettheim. 2011.
The Hunter. Dir. Daniel Nettheim. 2011. 150 150 Guelcan Arslan

The Hunter is a 2011 Australian drama film directed by Daniel Nettheim adopted from Julia Leigh’s novel. The chosen scene illustrates the parallels of a lone hunter named Martin and…

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  • William Murray
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Wuthering Heights. Dir. Andrea Arnold. Curzon Artificial Eye. 2011.
Wuthering Heights. Dir. Andrea Arnold. Curzon Artificial Eye. 2011. 150 150 William Murray

Andrea Arnold’s 2011 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic 1847 romance/tragedy novel Wuthering Heights highlights the desolate and savage nature of the moors in which the love story takes place, and the…

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  • Amy Clarke
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Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Dir. Rupert Wyatt. 20th Century Fox . 2011.
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Dir. Rupert Wyatt. 20th Century Fox . 2011. 150 150 Amy Clarke

The scene which I believe most questions anthropocentric notions of human superiority in ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ is the moment when Caesar verbally expresses his frustrations, in…

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  • Lucy-Katy Moores
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The King’s Speech. Dir. Tom Hooper. The Weinstein Company. 2011.
The King’s Speech. Dir. Tom Hooper. The Weinstein Company. 2011. 150 150 Lucy-Katy Moores

The King’s Speech follows the lives of King George VI and his family in the lead up to his brother’s abdication, and through the transitional phase of becoming King. The immense…

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