Sunday 8th June 2025

Culture

‘Love in the face of hate’: A closer look at ‘Blood Wedding’

Emma Nihill Alcorta is the director of a new adaptation of the Spanish masterpiece Blood Wedding, running at the Oxford Playhouse. With flamenco rhythms and Spanish soul, our passionate ensemble...
Theatre Emma Nihill Alcorta -

Duplicity, infidelity and loyalty in ‘Crocodile Tears’

“An Italian summer romance that goes wrong” – this is how Crocodile Tears was...
Theatre Phoebe Davies -

Review: The Great Gatsby – ‘Indulge the extravaganza’

Sophia Eiden’s production of Simon Levy’s script of The Great Gatsby is an undoubted...
Theatre Peter Chen -

Barry Lyndon – Kubrick’s ultimate antifilm?

Barry Lyndon has always been dismissed within Kubrick’s filmography. While he is a filmmaker...
Film Ruby Tipple -
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Stifle your weeping and listen to The Killers

Review: Life Itself

Anthony Maskell reviews Steve James' celebratory documentary about the life of America's most famous film critic

Hitchcock and Voyeurism

Anthony Maskell explores how the legendary director changed the way audiences watched cinema

6 Songs That Will Show Your Mum How Cool You’ve Become

Your mum's never even heard of PC Music. Let her know how uncool that is.

How not to talk to grown ups: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Ben Cooke reviews Ian McEwan's latest novel.

Islamic State’s war on cultural heritage

Elliot Langley argues that IS's systematic destruction of ancient Assyrian culture is a form of genocide

Emo: Not a dirty word

Tom Barrie explores the revival of a genre unfairly ignored and maligned

Review: Wild

Anthony Maskell finds Wild to be a journey worth taking

Review: The Doctor In Spite of Himself

Michael Roderick reviews this Molière classic

Preview: The Doctor In Spite of Himself

Hannah Dewhirst is excited by Molière's physical comedy

30 Years of John Hughes

Joseph O'Neil looks back at the seminal movies of John Hughes, which defined a generation

From Rossellini to RoboCop

Tom Barrie explores the bygone era of politically and socially provocative cinema

It’s a kid-eat-kid playground

Eve Beere is enchanted by the Machiavellian scheming on show in The Secret Lives of Four Year Olds

Where are they now: Mutya Buena

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to...

Picks of the Week HT15 Week 8

Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events

Ghostpoet: Ghosting away from hip hop

Sara Semic chats to Ghostpoet, aka Obaro Ejimiwe, about moving away from hip hop and recording with a live band

Review: The Cribs – For All My Sisters

Aidan Clark finds The Cribs' latest album among their most listenable and catchy offering to date

Review: Future Brown – Future Brown

Mark Barclay is underwhelmed by the debut album of the 'super' group Future Brown

Review: Romare – Projections

Freddy Rendall is impressed by Romare's collage of experimental dance tracks

Milestones: The Smiths’ Panic

Fergus Morgan reflects on The Smiths' seminal 1986 single 'Panic'
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