Oxford's oldest student newspaper

Independent since 1920

Sam Joyce

Review: Still The Water

Naomi Kawase's latest meditative, mystical, edifying romance proves a bewitching proposition

Review: Years and Years – Communion

Sam Joyce is inebriated but not quite intoxicated on Years and Years' debut

Game of Thrones cares more about boners than storytelling

Sam Joyce would rather Game of Thrones dial back on the exploitative nudity, thank you very much

Fashion Matters: Homophobia and Homoeroticism

Sam Joyce argues that menswear campaigns are hugely damaging

Review: Force Majeure

Sam Joyce gets swept up in the terrifying rhythms of this Swedish dark family comedy

Live Review: Years & Years

Sam Joyce is stuck on the fence after their performance at the O2

Cinema: dead as a dodo?

Sam Joyce on why cinema is in a self-made terminal decline

‘Pretty Girls’ and Pop’s Postmodern Moment

Sam Joyce explains how Britney’s ‘Pretty Girls’ is the end of pop postmodernism

Oxford’s part in the rise of the Grrrl Zine

Sam Joyce speaks to the organisers of next week's GRRL zine fair at Freud's about the future of the format

Review: Clouds of Sils Maria

Sam Joyce is beguiled by Olivier Assayas' cerebral, sublime new film

Review: Mariah Carey – #1 to Infinity

Sam Joyce is wary of this rehash of greatest hits

In Defence Of: The Canyons

Sam Joyce argues to free this Lindsay Lohan vehicle from its trainwreck reputation

Review: Snoop Dog – Bush

Sam Joyce is delighted to see Snoop and Pharrell reunited

Tumblr: Where aesthetics meets activism

Sam Joyce discusses the impact of social media on the modelling industry