Thursday 14th May 2026

Culture

Hidden Gems: ‘The Storytellers’ at Worcester College

From the first moments, The Storytellers feels unusually thoughtful, generous, and alive.
Art Willow Jopp -

Toni Servillo shines in thoughtful assisted dying drama: ‘La Grazia’ in review

Does Big Tobacco sponsor Paolo Sorrentino’s films? Almost certainly not, but their money would be worse spent elsewhere.
Culture Finlo Cowley -

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.
Culture Victoria Corfield -

‘Oleanna’: An imperfect but gripping watch

Boulevard Productions’ Oleanna leaves something to be desired, but what it lacks in production value it more than compensates for in audacity; so much so that David Mamet would be proud
Culture Ian Coates -
Latest

Doing it just for kicks

Cherwell speaks to Nichola Burley and Kerrie Hayes about kicking around in their new film

Horror’s fright-hand man

Sophie Adelman talks to critic, screenwriter and author Ben Hervey about his genre of choice

Photo Blog Week 7 – The Penultimate Pictures

Oxford in photos as Trinity draws to a close

Film Wars: Too Much Cash Will Kill You

A debate on the merits of blockbuster and arthouse flicks

Film Wars: PC Power

Does CGI have the edge over hand drawn classic animation?

Film Wars: 2D or Not 2D?

Is 3D cinema anything special?

Film Wars: Big Screen/ Little Screen

Is TV a vacuous void? Is film the real art form?

Reviews: The Happiest Girl in the World & The Girl on the Train

Abhishek Bhattacharyya compares the latest forein language film releases

Review: The Brothers Bloom

A quirky, genre-busting film

First Night Review: Closet Land

Jenni Cutting discovers the BT ain't no Narnia this week

My, Fair Play!-dy

Andrew McCormack can't say fairer than that, with the Queen's Garden Play

Photo Blog – 6th Week

It's already 6th Week, here's what it looks like*

What Makes A Classic: Magnolia

Beau Woodbury on Paul Thomas Anderson's modern masterpiece

A funny type of attraction

Rafaella Marcus on why even the most unfortunate -looking of comics can send the girls swooning

Review: Iris Murdoch, a writer at war

Helena Bennett finds that students haven’t changed much in 70 years - but the world around them has

Review: Closet Land

What happens when Enid Blyton meets Orwell's Big Brother?

Review: Rent

Andrew McCormack catches up with the first instalment of this month's rent.

Remainders of a revolution

The Time that Remains: Quietly thought-provoking. Sometimes a little too quiet.

The magic motion man

Jane-Marie Saldanha speaks with Adam Elliot, independent animator extraordinaire

The college dropouts

Alex Dudok de Wit talks to Foals keyboardist and Oxford abscondee Edwin Congreave
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