Drama

The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015

The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015 1707 2560 LPerek-Gokce1

“Do you think God gives a damn about miniature donkeys, Colm?”  “I fear he doesn’t. And I fear that’s where it’s all gone wrong.” Martin McDonagh’s, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022),…

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The Little Prince. Dir. Mark Osborne. Paramount Pictures. 2015

The Little Prince. Dir. Mark Osborne. Paramount Pictures. 2015 910 1236 LPerek-Gokce1

“One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” In The Little Prince the depiction of foxes defies conventional animality as they generally symbolise…

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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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An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986

An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986 1186 643 Carmen Navarro Mateo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZfEQ_pMdg Official trailer for An American Tail Fig.1 An American Tail poster by Drew Struzan. It comprises the American Dream spirit and the hopes of the immigrants An American Tail…

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Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019.

Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019. 1000 702 Lucy Gravil

Core to Mark Jenkin’s 2019 film, Bait, is a narrative depicting the gentrification of the coastal land and community in Cornwall. Following Martin, a local fisherman, Jenkin’s film emphasises how…

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An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986

An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986 2560 1440 Carmen Navarro Mateo

“There are no cats in America“ Fig.1. Original Poster by Drew Struzan of Fievel and the rest of the immigrants arriving in New York. The anonymous humans frame Fievel and…

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Me and You and Everyone We Know. Dir. Miranda July. IFC Films. 2005

Me and You and Everyone We Know. Dir. Miranda July. IFC Films. 2005 150 150 Abbie Whelan

Figure 1 Me and You and Everyone We Know – fish scene Goldfish have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years, and Me and You and Everyone We Know…

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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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Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008)

Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008) 1024 427 Carys O'Callaghan Goodley

A Photo of Lucy who stands at the front of the shot panting, and her owner Wendy who stands behind her, separated by a chain-linked fence. (1) Wendy and Lucy…

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Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978.

Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQihnrjlhk James Fargo’s 1978 film Every Which Way but Loose follows Clint Eastwood’s character Philo Beddo and his orangutan companion Clyde in their search for love. The audience’s expectations of human-animal relationships…

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