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Coyote v. Spectator: Ruptured grace in animated humour

by Jack Parry • March 16, 2026 • 0 Comments

2026 marks the resurgence of animation’s most sophisticated anti-hero: Wile E. Coyote. While he has spent decades in a cycle of recursive trauma, he recently moved from the desert to the courtroom in the film Coyote v. Acme1. This cinematic…

by Devlin Grimm • December 16, 2019 • 1 Comment

Almost forty years after the spectacle-driven dance concert debuted in London, and almost six weeks after this blog post was written, the film adaptation CATS (2019, dir. Tom Hooper) will be released in theaters. The tagline “You Will Believe” would…

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Tag Archive for uncanny

Coyote v. Spectator: Ruptured grace in animated humour

by Jack Parry • March 16, 2026 • 0 Comments

Allegorical Cats, Metaphorical Cats: “CATS” and the Pleasure of an Uneasy Image

by Devlin Grimm • December 16, 2019 • 1 Comment