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The Oxford Cinema & Café: A profile

"The opening of The Oxford Cinema & Café marks a new chapter in Oxford’s cinema scene: a move further towards independent cinema."

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W.H. Auden at the Bus Stop: In Praise of Intellectual Delay

It’s a damp Tuesday afternoon, and W.H. Auden is waiting patiently at the bus stop...

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The Case for Reincarnated Romances

"Reincarnation romance films are sometimes silly, mostly melodramatic, but always overlooked as a subgenre."

Film Isobel Wanstall -

Review: All My Sons – ‘At the end of the American Dream’

Joe Keller, played by Tristan Hood, represents the American dream. He is a wealthy...

Theatre Henry Luo -

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Culture

The Oxford Cinema & Café: A profile

W.H. Auden at the Bus Stop: In Praise of Intellectual Delay

The Case for Reincarnated Romances

Review: All My Sons – ‘At the end of the American Dream’

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