Epic

Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013

Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013 1197 503 Kirsty Laverack

The mouse encounter, experienced by characters MK and Nod in the animated film Epic, displays an inversion of the relationship between human and animal. The stereotypes that form this interconnection…

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2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 1968. 150 150 Callum Ratcliffe

Figure 1: Parody recreation of the ‘Dawn of Man’ sequence in The Simpsons S3 Ep8 (1991) dir. Carlos BaezaFigure 2: Animal Mother (pictured)Inscribing violence onto the body of animality and…

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D-War : Dragon Wars. Dir. Hyung-rae Shim. Freestyle Releasing, Showbox. 2007.

D-War : Dragon Wars. Dir. Hyung-rae Shim. Freestyle Releasing, Showbox. 2007. 150 150 Yelin Jang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAwm-dRRv6M&feature=emb_logo The movie, D-War : Dragon Wars, begins with introducing the Korean legend of the ascension of Imoogi, a gigantic pre-dragon stage serpent. Every 500 years, one good Imoogi was rewarded…

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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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Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967.

Weekend. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Athos Films. 1967. 150 150 Amy Fuller

Weekend (1967), dir. Jean-Luc Godard (watch the full film with English subtitles here) Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film Weekend follows the distinctly middle-class experience of Roland and Corinne as they take a trip to Corinne’s…

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The Revenant . Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. 20th Century Fox . 2015.

The Revenant . Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. 20th Century Fox . 2015. 150 150 Hannah Lumb

While much of The Revenant’s plot focuses on the quarrels of men and the seeking of revenge, the bear attack scene makes us forget this for a moment. González Iñárritu instead creates…

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The Green Mile. Dir. Frank Darabont. Warner Bros. Pictures. 1999.

The Green Mile. Dir. Frank Darabont. Warner Bros. Pictures. 1999. 150 150 Chloe Bolton

Adapted from Stephen King’s novel, The Green Mile tells the story of Paul Edgecomb, a prison guard on Death Row, and his relationship with John Coffey, a convicted of the rape and…

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. Sony Pictures. 2001.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Dir. Zacharias Kunuk. Sony Pictures. 2001. 150 150 James Pearson

Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012.

Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012. 150 150 Michael Sherbert

The Disney-Pixar film, Brave (2012), directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell, is a computer-animated film set in Medieval Scotland featuring Merida, a skilled archer and princess, who is determined…

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