Thursday 30th October 2025

Culture

‘Fright’s Out!’ at the Ultimate Picture Palace: ‘Dracula’s Daughter’

To call Dracula’s Daughter (1936) campy would be an understatement. In many ways it felt like a ridiculous version of Cat People (1942). At one point, examining the body...

‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk...

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...

Was the year easy on the ear?

Matt Walsh and Alex Dudok de Wit summarise the highs and lows of 2010’s music

Proust: A simple guide

Tom Cutterham explains how to attack 'À la recherche du temps perdu'

How about a change? Try Metamorphosis

Annabel James finds that she wants to put down roots at the O3 gallery's new exhibition

Wake me up before you Gauguin

Katrina Kwan finds the Tate Modern’s exhibition to be a break from Oxford and the winter blues in general

The Charlies

Celebrating dramatic students since 2010

All the world’s a brand new stage

Carla Neuss tours the RSC’s new Stratford theatre, The Swan, opening this week with Dennis Kelly’s musical, Matilda

The Best Track of 2010: ‘CMYK’

Charlotte McCann's favourite song is the post-dub, post-garage, post-everything 'CMYK' by James Blake.

Reply to a Mood-swing

Rimika Solloway is impressed by just how fantastic a press preview can be when done properly

Review: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

'Uncle Boonmee' is a completely impenetrable, utterly infuriating bitch of a film. I have seen many weird pieces of cinema in my time, from...

Interview: Anton Corbijn

Cherwell chats with Anton Corbijn, renowned music video director, photographer and director of 'The American'.

Interview: Violante Placido

Cherwell talks to Violante Placido, the Italian star of The American.

Drama queen only seventeen

Anya Reiss, shuffling papers and fiddling with her hair onstage, doesn’t seem to match up with herself on paper.

Online Preview: The Shape of Things

Somebody’s life is always worse than yours - an 8th week Schadenfreude pick-me-up at the Burton Taylor

Online Review: Peter Pan

Will Hooper embraces his inner child with Worcester's offering for 7th week

Online Review – Tamlane

Fairy tales told through interpretative dance - could it be just deranged enough to work?

Gone with the wand

Robin McGhee revels in the stylish awkwardness of the new Harry Potter.

Not quite the American dream

Cherwell meets the director of The American, but can't disguise our disappointment with the film.

Photo Blog – penultimate

The end is (nearly) in sight. Some more photos to get you through.

Interview: Lesley Manville

Joe Zigmond talks to the star of Mike Leigh's new film, Another Year

First Night Review: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Peaches and dynamite: Oliver Moody on the best chapel play he has seen in a long while

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