Culture

The ‘Silent’ Film

Not speaking does not necessarily mean having nothing to say. As much can be said with an image, movement, or glance as with a word.

Culture Willow Jopp -

A day in The Sun: ‘Ink’ at St John’s

James Graham’s Ink, directed by Georgina Cooper with the St John’s Drama Society, dramatises Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun in the 1960s, tracing its astonishing surge to unprecedented popularity.

Culture Beatrix Arnold -

‘Cathy naur’: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ in review

Although my Yorkshire identity and love of 19th-century novels make me inclined to defend Emily Brontë with all my might, I really did give this film a chance.

Culture Nora Miles -

‘Crawling with personality’: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in conversation

Last week, I infiltrated a rehearsal for Cross Keys and 2046 Productions’ upcoming Little Shop Of Horrors.

Culture Rebecca Harper -

Review: To Hold an Apple (New Writing Festival)

Rimika Solloway is pleasantly surprised by this semi-improvised offering

Review: Faultlines (New Writing Festival)

Francesca Wade watches someone swim out of the Burton Taylor...

Murder, they wrote

Are real murder cases fair game for the film and television industry?

The Oscars: A host of irritations

Cherwell is left cold by this year's bantering compères

On an uneventful night

The predictably predictable Academy Awards

Review: After the Dance

Amid a crumbling 1930s society, the dance must go on...

Review: Chekhov’s Baby

A 'must-see' production

Review: Accessory to Murder

Dana Walters pieces together the clues to discover a fine new drama

A song about flippers? S-imp-le

Francesca Wade is wowed by the Oxford Imps in rehearsal and in performance

Review: Five Noh Plays

Concepta Cassar is impressed by the creative combination of Ezra Pound and Erik Satie in Merton Chapel

Review: A Little Too Dark

Rosalyn Johnston sees crude jokes and dodgy accents redeemed by some very funny sketches

Review: True Grit

‘I’m too Old and Fat’ - Cherwell takes a look at re-making the Western.

Review: Year of the Rat

George Orwell finds love and talking animals on a remote island...

We’re All Bokononists

Kurt Vonnegut's insight applies to today's political culture.

Review: Tribes gig at the Cellar, 5th February

Flo manages to catch up with the band before their gig

Review: Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie xx – We’re New Here

An album that will win you over to the 'post-dubstep' sound of 2011

Review: Barber Of Seville

Leah Broad praises New Chamber Opera's production of The Barber at the Sheldonian Theatre

Prepare to De/Install

Henrietta Landells chats with Peter Shenai, one of the brains behind MAO's new installation.

‘And the loser is…’

Cherwell looks at the best films to have not won a Best Picture Academy Award

When TV thinks big

Cherwell considers the thinning line between television and cinema

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