Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
A Dog's Love
Wendy and Lucy
The Case of the Grinning Cat
The Plague Dogs
The Strange Little Cat
Deaf Dogs Can Hear
Hold It!
Dog Shy
Nine Lives
Boxing Cats
Foxy and the Weight of the World
Discontinuity
The Black Cat
Uninvited
Cats & Dogs
“Fighting like cats and dogs” is one of the most common clichés in the English language, but is the saying really true? The feature and short films included here center around depictions of our beloved furry friends, and reveal that when it comes to cinematic depictions, felines and canines might have more than a little bit in common.
Selected Films
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Wendy and Lucy
Named to over sixty "Best of 2008" lists (and even many "Best of the Decade" lists), WENDY AND LUCY solidified filmmaker Kelly Reichardt's reputation for films that are (according to the New York Times) "a touchstone of the new realism in American cinema." Drifting upwards to Alaska like a 21st...Watch Movie
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The Case of the Grinning Cat
In his newest film, French documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, the filmmaker became intrigued, as did many other Parisians, by the sudden appearance...Watch Movie
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Uninvited
In a Florida research lab, a seemingly harmless orange cat has developed the ability to transform itself into a hideous mutant creature. A group of gangsters and criminals unknowingly bring the furry monster aboard a yacht in the Caribbean. The heinous feline begins terrorizing the passengers and...Watch Movie
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Deaf Dogs Can Hear
DEAF DOGS CAN HEAR is a true autobiographical story that traces the tragic, yet humorous episodes of the artist as a young girl and her pet Chihuahua. Her love for this deformed and unattractive pet only grows deeper as one tragedy after another befalls the dog and the...Watch Movie
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Discontinuity
Tabitha and Stephen have been in each other's lives for a long time but because of their jobs they must periodically live apart. When Tabitha returns "home" after their longest separation, what they've been missing becomes opaquely clear and who they're becoming makes it hard for them to see each...Watch Movie
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A Dog's Love
The fantasy centers on a dog and a child, a universally appealing movie subject. The loyal dog's attachment to his little girl playmate is treated with pictorial beauty and simple, honest sentiment. Reviewers of the time praised the double-exposure passages for their dramatic effectiveness. Baby...Watch Movie
