Articles for tag: animal ethics, Bud the Cat, Caught Stealing, desire, fear-and-emotion, film, psychoanalysis, queer theology, Tonic

April 16, 2026

bud, cat, THREE DIFFERENT NAMES, Caught Stealing

Stealing the Film: On Bud’s THREE DIFFERENT NAMES

A close reading of Bud the cat in Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing, through T.S. Eliot, Derrida, and the Jellicle Ball revival — on what it means to follow after an animal's (ineffable) name.