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‘The Godfather: Part II’ at 50

The Godfather: Part II is a film about gangsters. It is also a film about corruption, power, betrayal, succession, revenge, religion, marriage, generational change, filial duty, sibling rivalry, the...

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. "

‘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"

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....

OxView: Top Horrors

Sandy Elliot runs through his favourite scary movies

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – a neglected Sorkin revisited

Becky Cook asks why Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was cancelled, after one season on air

OxView: Best finales

Calum Bradshaw lines up three of the best cinematic finishes

‘Community’ teaches us all how to say goodbye

Christopher Goring looks back nostalgically at the final episode of the cult postmodernist sitcom

OxFilm: An exciting summer lined up

Calum Bradshaw celebrates an excellent term for student film, and looks forward to a busy vacation

‘Salazar’s Revenge’ sinks with no survivors

Emily Lawford finds little good in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie

OxFilm: “An hour—and a £3—very well spent”

Sandy Elliot is impressed by the range of talent on show at the launch of OUFF’s Easter Projects

OxView: Best of Cannes

Kenji Newton runs through his top picks of the 2017 festival

Old and new fuse in ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’

Joe Baverstock-Poppy sees the best of David Lynch at work in the show's revival

What can horror movies do to terrify us more?

Calum Bradshaw terrifies himself in the name of student journalism

Old and new fused in ‘Alien: Covenant’

Jonnie Barrow examines the influences of Ridley Scott’s latest horror

A sequel packed with character and heart

"Director James Gunn has crafted one of the funniest and most genuinely moving Marvel films I can remember." Calum Bradshaw has his doubts hushed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

How the ensemble superhero film became king

"4 May 2012 was a day that changed the landscape of cinema. Joss Whedon’s 'Avengers Assemble,' the climax of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was an epoch-making, trend-setting, earth-shattering event, the apotheosis of Marvel’s shared universe project." Christopher Goring examines Marvel's winning formula

Getting to grips with the adult cartoon craze

Christopher Goring is stunned by the maturity of modern cartoons

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