Culture

Subs, dubs, and AI flubs: Lost in film translation

How hard could it be to watch an entire film in German when I could not even introduce myself in the language? Quite hard, it turns out.

Culture Emma Heagney -

Barker & Co. Booksellers: Oxford’s newest independent bookshop

A new secondhand bookstore opened in Oxford city centre last week. Located in the Golden Cross shopping centre, just off Cornmarket Street, the bookstore stocks hundreds of secondhand books, ranging from accessibly priced paperbacks to rare and expensive antiquarian first-editions.

Books Ben O'Brien -

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ in review

The Harris Manchester Players immersed Oxford’s inhabitants in the delightful world of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest this May.

Culture Elizabeth Bourn -

Inarticulacy in part and in whole: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ in review

When I heard that Jim Jarmusch had released a new anthology film, I fondly remembered watching Night on Earth (1991) some years ago.

Culture Freddie Lewis-Hedley -

Review: Miss Julie

Anna-Maria Ssemuyaba is disappointed by a production that fails to generate any emotion

Review: A Tender Thing

Hyunjip Kim is disappointed by this adaptation of Shakespeare's most famous love story

Review: Isobel

Ani Kodzhabasheva is haunted by this literary game turned deadly serious

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Review: On the Road

Carmella Crinnion is impressed by this stylish adaptation of Kerouac's classic

Series Review: The Great British Bake-Off

Anthony Collins on GBBO's innuendo-riven appeal

What to watch this Autumn

Cherwell Film & TV explores the good, the bad and the just plain ugly of the Autumn film and TV lineup

Review: Frankenweenie

Benedict Tate is impressed with this slice of gothic animation

Review: Ruby Sparks

Georgina Pollard finds funny truths amidst the mess of this new film

Summer Daze

Anna Leszkiewicz documents the lazy days of summer on faded film

Zoom in on… the digital age

Amy Rollason and Sophie Baggott talk to photographer Nigel Francis about photogenic Oxford and the perks of technology

Casual Vacancy Review

(Hog)warts and all: An underwhelming attempt at a novel for grown-ups

From the heart or not at all

Jeanette Winterson tells Viccy Ibbett about her time at St Catz, feminism, and what's next

Review: Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

Matt Robinson is in awe of the kings of hardcore

Review: The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth

Jake Hills finds poetry in the darkness of The Mountain Goats

Review: Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Olivia Arigho Stiles finds little to love in this performance

The Quiet Volume

Vickie Morrish experiments with a very unusual piece of theatre within the library

Where are they now: Al Murray

Cherwell Stage continues its look at Oxonian thesps of the past with the famous pub landlord

Press Preview: Isobel

Angus Hawkins is pleasantly surprised by this impressive piece of new writing

Zadie Smith ‘NW’ Review

Viccy Ibbett reviews Zadie Smith's evocative novel about a north-west London council estate.

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