Year: 2016

Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016)

Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun Oscilloscope Laboratories (2016) 500 374 Carys O'Callaghan Goodley

Have you ever wondered what the everyday life of a street cat looks like? ‘Kedi’ is an observational documentary film that follows the stray cats of Istanbul through their daily…

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Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016 1454 620 Louise Smith

Figure 1: Kubo lifted in the air by wings made of origami birds. Kubo and the Two Strings follows a boy whose life is made even more extraordinary when a…

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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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The Handmaiden. Dir. Park Chanwook. 2016. CJ Entertainment. South Korea.

The Handmaiden. Dir. Park Chanwook. 2016. CJ Entertainment. South Korea. 602 249 Grace Hogg

Content Warning: This post contains images of a sexual nature including artistic depictions of bestiality.

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Lady Macbeth. Dir. William Oldroyd. Altitude Film Distribution. 2016.

Lady Macbeth. Dir. William Oldroyd. Altitude Film Distribution. 2016. 640 280 Seohyeon Kim

Lady Macbeth depicts the journey of Katherine, pursuing her desire after she meets a black servant Sebastian, during her life under patriarchal oppression from her husband Alexander and his father…

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A Cure for Wellness. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Regency Enterprises. (2016)

A Cure for Wellness. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Regency Enterprises. (2016) 150 150 Angeline Parker

Gore Verbinski’s A Cure for Wellness uses the symbolic imagery of eels in this psychological horror film. The scenes in which they feature are some of the most perturbed, which…

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Storks. Dir. Doug Sweetland, Nicolas Stoller. Warner Bros.Pictures. 2016.

Storks. Dir. Doug Sweetland, Nicolas Stoller. Warner Bros.Pictures. 2016. 150 150 Aylin Ezder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVzL94jZNdU Anthropomorphism and stereotypes are often utilized in children’s animation since they cater to a broad audience. The film Storks uses anthropomorphic animals in order to create vivid and lively…

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The Shallows. Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Columbia Pictures. 2016.

The Shallows. Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Columbia Pictures. 2016. 150 150 Chelsea Dunbobbin

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…

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A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016.

A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016. 150 150 Molly Wareing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13Fnj8LzD8&t=3s Fig.0.1. Trailer for a Street Cat Named Bob [1]A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The film is based on an memoir…

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Captain Fantastic. Dir. Matt Ross. eOne Entertainment. 2016

Captain Fantastic. Dir. Matt Ross. eOne Entertainment. 2016 150 150 Freya Hadfield

When Ben’s world is turned upside down by the death of his wife, Leslie Captain Fantastic [1] sets out to explore the question – what does it mean to be…

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