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“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King

It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed into a wide beach overlooking the expanse of the sea: The Sun King inspires us...

‘Intimate and eye-opening’: Bruegel to Rubens at the Ashmolean- Review

"It was a pleasure to return to Oxford during the vacation to visit the Ashmolean’s new exhibition, which showcases some of the best drawings of the great Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries."

Bust?: Saving the Economy, Democracy and our Sanity by Robert Peston and Kishan Koria- Review

"So long as we have an economic system geared towards the accumulation of wealth rather than the acquisition of it, inequalities will continue to widen"

The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

All Of Us Strangers Review – A Haunting Exploration of Love in all its Forms

"In All Of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh leads us by the hand into a dreamlike, introspective world. "

“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King

It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed into a wide beach overlooking the expanse of the sea:...

‘Intimate and eye-opening’: Bruegel to Rubens at the Ashmolean- Review

"It was a pleasure to return to Oxford during the vacation to visit the Ashmolean’s new exhibition, which showcases some of the best drawings of the great Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries."

Bust?: Saving the Economy, Democracy and our Sanity by Robert Peston and Kishan Koria- Review

"So long as we have an economic system geared towards the accumulation of wealth rather than the acquisition of it, inequalities will continue to widen"

The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

All Of Us Strangers Review – A Haunting Exploration of Love in all its Forms

"In All Of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh leads us by the hand into a dreamlike, introspective world. "

Ode to a Nearly Beloved

"As though through tracing paper, I etch your features onto faces of strangers I’ll never know."

‘Bittersweet, immersive and profoundly moving’ – Perfect Days Review

"I don’t think I’ve ever felt so ‘in the moment’ while watching a film as I did with Perfect Days"

Book recommendations from the editors’ desk

"It’s rare that I find non-fiction to be such a page-turner, but Tara Westover’s autobiography was just that."

Hollywood vs. AI – Is this the end?

"the question on everyone’s lips is: is this the end? The end of special effects teams? The end of video creation? The end of filmmaking?"

Poor Things – Review

Includes some spoilers Poor Things takes place in a world only Yorgos Lanthimos could create. Like the rest of his oeuvre, the film is full...

Greg Heffley: A Hero of Our Time

Few modern comic heroes align with our distinctive age – an age which Dickens’s famous opening, ‘It was the best of times, it was...

Pink Tulips

"I want our story to be one of fields of flowers and quiet sunsets. I do not wish for violence."

Tangerine

"Picking apart the peel of the ripest fruit, prying open its flesh."

The Saintly Lives of Students

"There, there(‘s) a graveyard in the college where drunk students in funeral suits smile through tombstone teeth."

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