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The episode features an analysis of Wes Anderson's animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox within the heist film genre.

Send us Fan Mail The past returns! Special Topics in Media slips under the radar to release its next "vault" discussion (circa fall 2021) celebrating The Heist Film. Host Garret Castleberry captures Scott McMurry for an analytic dissection of Wes Anderson's playful stop-motion animation adaptation, Fantastic Mr. Fox (2012). Does Anderson have what it takes to enter the conversation among the genre's greatest cinematic thieves? Host: Garret Castleberry, Scott McMurry Producers: Garret Castleb...

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