Culture

The Hollywood blockbuster and what it says about us

Why do ‘dad films’, once popular and even good, not seem to have the relevance they used to?

Culture Lydia Armstrong -

Confronting the future of art: ‘Responding to AI’ at Christ Church

‘Responding to AI’ an exhibition curated by Aniq Shamshi and Alice King, confronted the question of how artists perceive artificial intelligence directly.

Art Emma Heagney -

Lighthouse Productions on ‘Things I Know To Be True’

Fresh from the success of their debut production, Lighthouse Productions are set to deliver their second show: Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to Be True (2016).

Culture Abigail Lakeland -

A masterclass in devising: ‘Noether’

This original play tells the story of the mathematician Emmy Noether and her struggles with the misogyny of her male peers against the backdrop of the rising Nazi state.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

Something to watch

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me impressed Vanessa Lehner

A Humorous Rhinoceros

Brave choices and absurdist comedy make this production entertaining as well as profound, says Alex du Sautoy

First night: The Magic Toyshop

Artful, exciting and ambitious. Not bad at all

Burns Night – a retrospective

A selection of photos from Burns Night festivities at Balliol.

Chronicling transformation in ink

Review: Building the New Ashmolean: Drawings and Prints by Weimin He

In search of loves once lost

Our books editor loses and finds himself in Orhan Pamuk's 'The Museum of Innocence'

No horsing around here

Equus is sinister, stressful and very successful

Thou Shalt not…

Dan le sac talks to Cherwell about his relationship with Scroobius Pip

Guilty Pleasures

Films or genres we know we shouldn't like, but do. This week, Flash Gordon

Review: Precious

A diamond in the rough

Feature: Apocalypse Now

The end is nigh, in the cinema at least, says Nicolas Pierce

Online Review: Nine

It's no masterpiece, but it's an awful lot of fun

Cherwell Photo Blog: Version 2.0

Check out our second week of fine Oxford photography.

Online Review: It’s Complicated

It's Complicated? Not really

Drama Briefing

All the thespy ins and outs this week

Off, you lendings

Looking ahead to 'Equus', our Stage Editor takes a voyeuristic peek at onstage nudity

What you’ve been missing: Polish art

As well as gold suits and spaceships, what else has the former Communist state to offer?

Review: A Children’s Book

Harry Potter would be infinitely preferable to this Booker-Prize nominee

Fool’s Gold

Our reviewer regrets dressing up for this interactive review

Guilty Pleasures

Films or genres we know we shouldn't like, but do. This week, Strictly Ballroom

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