Tom Barrie
2014: the year in film
An overview of the highs and lows of cinema in 2014
Hip-hop rivalry: alive and well at 20
Tom Barrie looks at the history of hip-hop feuding, and its effect of keeping the genre fresh
Review: OBA Short Film Screening
Tom Barrie finds a wonderful range of student-made films showcased at OBA's annual screening.
Preview: OBA Short Film Screening
With the OBA's short film screening taking place on Sunday, Tom Barrie sat down with co-president Alex Darby and talked Oxford film past, present and future
Dream girls don’t exist
Tom Barrie looks at a character type that has come to haunt rom-coms
Q&A with Joanna Hogg
Tom Barrie was impressed with filmmaker Joanna Hogg's eloquence in OBA's Q&A at Oriel College
Preview: Hacked Off Films presents: Sin City
Tom Barrie talks to Hacked Off Films co-founder Edd Elliott about Hacked Off's upcoming immersive screening of Robert Rodriguez's Sin City.
Review: Gone Girl
Tom Barrie finds David Fincher's latest film as hard-hitting as ever
Review: A Most Wanted Man
Tom Barrie ruminates on the final work of the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Better than Spielberg? Non-directors who could be great
Tom Barrie takes a hypothetical look at the best directors yet to actually make a movie
Review: Reading Festival 2014
Tom Barrie pretends to be sixteen again and reviews the highs and lows of this year's Reading Festival.
Review: Boyhood
Richard Linklater's most ambitious project to date is a masterful landmark in the history of cinema, writes Tom Barrie
Cynicism and idealism in cinema
Tom Barrie looks at how contemporary filmmakers approach their subjects and the insight it provides into ourselves
Review: 22 Jump Street
Self-aware humour saves this sequel from mediocrity, writes Tom Barrie
