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  • Elaine Yee Lam Wong
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Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014.
Noah. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Paramount Pictures. 2014. 150 150 Elaine Yee Lam Wong

God says to Noah: Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a…

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  • Bethany Havercroft
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My Dog Skip. Dir. Jay Russell. Warner Bros. 2000.
My Dog Skip. Dir. Jay Russell. Warner Bros. 2000. 150 150 Bethany Havercroft

My Dog Skip is a true story based on the early life of Willie Morris and his pet dog, Skip. The film is narrated by that of an older Willie…

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  • Joseph Nixon
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IRIS. Dir. Albert Maysles. Magnolia Pictures. 2014.
IRIS. Dir. Albert Maysles. Magnolia Pictures. 2014. 150 150 Joseph Nixon

There are few people who wouldn’t be intrigued by Iris Apfel. The nonagenarian fashion icon with statement eyewear, accessories hanging like Christmas decorations, and a unique outlook on life. It…

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  • Jonathon Kirk
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Inside Llewyn Davis. Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. CBS Films. 2013.
Inside Llewyn Davis. Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. CBS Films. 2013. 150 150 Jonathon Kirk

Inside Llewyn Davis, is a Coen Brothers mock biopic depicting a struggling singer in 1960s New York. The film leads the central character Llewyn to question whether or not he…

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  • Joseph Nixon
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IRIS. Dir. Albert Maysles. Magnolia Pictures. 2014.
IRIS. Dir. Albert Maysles. Magnolia Pictures. 2014. 150 150 Joseph Nixon

Albert Maysles’ 2015 documentary film IRIS provides a portrait of the nonagenarian fashion icon, Iris Apfel. Filming inside Iris’s apartment, Maysles presents us with many images of animal representations. The animals are…

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  • Loreen Nennstiel
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Fly Away Home . Dir. Carroll Ballard. Columbia Pictures. 1996.
Fly Away Home . Dir. Carroll Ballard. Columbia Pictures. 1996. 150 150 Loreen Nennstiel

Fly Away Home focuses on 13-year-old Amy Alden who has just lost her mother due to a car accident. She has to move to her dad Tom, whom she hadn’t seen…

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  • Isabell Hans
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In the Heart of the Sea. Dir. Ron Howard. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2015.
In the Heart of the Sea. Dir. Ron Howard. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2015. 150 150 Isabell Hans

https://youtu.be/K-H35Mpj4uk Ron Howard´s In the Heart of the Sea (2015), based on Nathaniel Philbrick´s book (2000) of the same name, illustrates the sinking of the whaling ship Essex in 1820 and the crew´s struggle for survival.…

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  • Bradley Savage
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Ring of Bright Water. Dir. Jack Couffer. Cinerama Releasing Corp. 1969.
Ring of Bright Water. Dir. Jack Couffer. Cinerama Releasing Corp. 1969. 150 150 Bradley Savage

“He was boneless, mercurial, sinuous, wonderful… he was an otter in his own element and the most beautiful thing in nature I had ever seen.” [1] The 1960s seems littered…

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  • Simon Coleman
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Tarzan. Dir. Kevin Lima, Chris Buck. Disney. 1999.
Tarzan. Dir. Kevin Lima, Chris Buck. Disney. 1999. 150 150 Simon Coleman

Tarzan-Two Worlds Tarzan is best characterised by the title of the film’s opening song Two Worlds, sang by Phil Collins. This is the story of flora and fauna, represented by gorillas, colliding…

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  • Christian Dymond
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Povelitel’Mukh / Lord of the Flies. Dir. Vladimir Tyulkin. Kazakhfilm. 1990.
Povelitel’Mukh / Lord of the Flies. Dir. Vladimir Tyulkin. Kazakhfilm. 1990. 150 150 Christian Dymond

Vladimir Tyulkin’s Lord of the Flies (Tyulkin, 1990), shot in Kazakhstan on the eve of the Soviet Union’s fall, discusses imperial, social, and human fragility within the microcosm of ‘Grandpa’ Kirill’s yard.…

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