Culture
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering why. Whilst we may not...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac’s rock ‘n’ roll romantic
"Charged with hope and joy, aching with romantic wisdom, [McVie's songs] are the songs of a woman who has lived and loved."
“A thrilling look into disjunctive relationships”: Fêtid Review
"Morgan’s multi-faceted script offers a combination of dark comedy and depth which keeps the audience consistently intrigued."
Surrealist Film Review: Fellini’s 8½
"It is where Fellini blurs the lines between fantasy and reality that he has produced an authentic filter of a man’s consciousness."
“Refreshingly ambiguous” – Review of Wishbone
"Wishbone offers an insightful and tender portrayal of the complicated emotions tied up in a relationship".
‘After Life’: A review
After Life was an understated joy – a brilliant, bittersweet highlight of Week 7.
“In here, it’s just pretending…”: ‘Posh’ and the brilliance of impersonation.
At the end of it all, the audience are left in the wake of their destruction, while tellingly, most of the boys have left the scene, unscathed.
Films to romanticise Oxford
Films, and art in general, hold a unique ability to capture beauty, allowing us to see the grandest settings or the most every day places with awe and wonder.
A Clockwork Orange: “Kubrick’s masterclass of surrealism, disillusion and delinquency”
A Clockwork Orange remains an absolute classic to this day... It represents the best of Stanley Kubrick’s vision and surrealism, and marks itself as completely unique. These types of movies represented a mental workout for the viewer, a way to leave the cinema bamboozled and desperately craving for a rewatch.
A Night Under the Stars: Reviewing Enclosure
The programme for Mostly Moss Productions' Enclosure reads: “In this time of crisis hold each other closer. In community with each other, and with...
Delightful, witty and well-rendered: ‘Blithe Spirit’ in review
In something of a swan song for Oxford’s A2 Productions, on the 9-12th November, they took to the Keble O’Reilly Theatre for their production of...
“Staying in the trouble” at Oxford
“Staying with the trouble”. This was a quote from feminist geographer and all-round academic queen Donna Haraway (2016), cited in Elwood and Leszczynski’s (2018)...
Before Midnight: ‘Linklater manages to paint a picture of love that feels real, without sacrificing any sense of beauty or magic’. 
'Before Midnight, then, beautifully and honestly draws Linklater’s Before trilogy to a fitting conclusion. As a meditation on love and relationships it reminds us that it’s not always plain sailing, but that this doesn’t erase or dampen our past experiences.'
Josh McGrane evaluates the final instalment of Richard Linklater's beloved 'Before' trilogy.
The Duchess of Malfi: A Review
"Evocative performances, convoluted script, limited visual resources"
Narcissus : a review
"It is perhaps unsuprising that a play names after a boy who falls in love with himself should be as self-indulgent as ...Narcissus is."
