Ratcatcher - What's New Pussycat?

Welcome to our Reference Degustation where, every February, we explore common and recurring themes of a writer/director's filmography. This year we found our way to Scotland with Lynne Ramsay.

Navigate the garbage filled streets to the canal of struggle and friendship? Hop on the bus with Ratcatcher this week.

If you'd like to watch along, we plan on covering the below...

Ratcatcher (1999)
Morvern Callar (2002)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Die My Love (2025)

Check out more tasty Reference Degustations...

2020 - Hayao Miyazaki
2021 - Taika Waititi
2022 - Quentin Tarantino
2023 - Takashi Miike
2024 - Martin Scorsese
2025 - Spike Lee

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction and Welcome
• 0:44 Introducing the Director: Lynn Ramsey
• 4:57 Themes and Stylistic Choices
• 9:05 Realism and Authenticity in Film
• 13:00 Final Thoughts and Reflections
• 26:11 Debating the Film's Ending
• 26:46 Violence Depicted Offscreen
• 29:13 Children and Loss of Innocence
• 38:39 Family Dynamics and Poverty
• 47:29 Final Thoughts and Recommendations