Friday 24th July 2026

Culture

Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

Film Criticism – a Snob’s Retreat?

Hannah Congdon argues that the pretension of “high culture” needs to stop

Preview: Catz Arts Festival

Tom Barrie looks ahead to a week of arts events at St Catherine's

Review: Toro y Moi – What For

Sam Joyce is impressed by a subtle new direction from Toro Y Moi

In photos: the fire at the Randolph

Cherwell brings you a visual montage of the events unfolding

Review: The Whitworth Gallery

Mark Barclay visits new exhibitions in Manchester's most prestigious art gallery

Review: Lost River

Ryan Gosling loses himself beneath his influences, in his stylish but messy directorial debut, Sam Joyce writes

6 songs to keep the Oxford bubble alive over the vac

Only a week to go before you return, but these songs should help to keep you going until then

Review: Kid Rock – First Kiss

Kid Rock fails to impress William Ferris with his latest offering

Coalition

Mark Barclay finds this Channel 4 film pits power against principle to dramatic but disenfranchising effect

Review: Cinderella

Anthony Maskell finds the live action Disney flick entertaining but unambitious

The Stranglers reviewed: no more heroes anymore?

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews 70s rockers, The Stranglers' latest appearance at Oxford's O2 Academy

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

In the wake of the BFI's cinematic re-release of the cult classic, Toby Scadding takes a look back at how audiences came to love Blade Runner

Review: The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Rose Sykes is completely won over by this visually-striking, grown-up folk tale from Japan's Studio Ghibli

Review: NTLive’s A View from the Bridge

Sophie Hall-Luke finds the view from her cinema seat perfect for this stage adaption

Review: Still Alice

An Oscar-winning Julianne Moore is left in search of a film, in this Alzheimer's drama

Review: The Babadook

Anthony Maskell calls The Babadook a landmark chiller

An artist’s obsessions

Surya Bowyer reviews the Barbican's eclectic new exhibition of artists' personal collections

Review: Poldark

Sophie Hall-Luke is seduced by Poldark's charms.

Review: Insurgent

Emmanuelle Soffe struggled to engage with the latest disposable entry in the Divergent series.

Review: Wild Tales

Toby Scadding finds this Almodóvar produced anthology a riotous examination of people pushed to the brink.

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