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September 5: Journalism drama doesn’t question the facts enough

Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 tracks the ABC Sports crew’s coverage of the Israeli athlete hostage crisis in the Olympic Village: the first terror...

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Periodisation and the problem of now

Periodisation is the act of dividing literature into eras like Romanticism, Modernism, or Postmodernism...

Books Ava Doherty -

Review: Death of a Salesman – ‘The Inside of His Head’

To review Tiptoe Productions’ staging of Death of a Salesman, I must first contextualise...

Theatre Sanaya Narula -

Oxford’s summer scene: The season of open-air performances

Trinity term at Oxford University is defined by wisteria, wild swimming, and warmth. Students...

Theatre Elizabeth Bourn -

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Cherwell’s Cultural Easter Egg

With Easter weekend fast approaching, Cherwell brings you a selection of Easter facts and traditions from around the globe.

Review: Noah

Clare Saxby finds Noah impressively epic yet lacking in all other aspects

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Fergus Morgan finds Marvel's latest venture failing to fulfil the promise of it premise

PokÃ©mon and changing media

Luke Barratt explores the recent changes in how we consume media, and examines the implications of PokÃ©mon’s arrival on Netflix

Review: SOHN – Tremors

Luke Barratt finds SOHN's dÃ©but shaky at best

Review: The Quiet Ones

This copy-cat horror flick is absolute garbage

Review: The Unknown Known

Errol Morris' new documentary is an astounding piece of work

Introduction to… Electro-Swing

Naomi Polonsky introduces us to the jazzy new music craze that's taking Babylove, Freud's and our iPods by storm

Review: New Worlds

Channel 4's new historical drama is clunky, clichÃ©d and downright confusing

Review: The Double

Richard Ayoade's sophomore directing effort is a tantalising and arresting piece of work

Pre-Release Thoughts: The Maleficent Conundrum

Anna Corderoy considers the problems facing Disney's Sleeping Beauty 're-telling' starring Angelina Jolie

Kate Rundell wins the Waterstones Children’s book prize

Cherwell revisits an interview with the author as Rooftoppers wins the 10th Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

A ‘case’ for the Anglo-Saxons

Emma Simpson visits the British Museum’s refurbished Sutton Hoo gallery.

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's latest film is a delightfully self-reflexive movie which demonstrates Ralph Fiennes hitherto untapped comic potential

Review: Under The Skin

There is a hauntingly austere beauty to 'Under The Skin', but some may not be able to sustain interest in this emotionally muted world.

Review: The Past

Asghar Farhadi's emotional drama once again proves his virtuosity as a film-maker

The Mighty Comeback

Inspired by Kate Bush's recent gig announcement, Rushabh Haria charts the highs and lows of artists who've come out of their career hiatus to make last ditch attempts at reclaiming the charts.

Don’t limit literature in prison

Why building books into an incentive and reward scheme is entirely counterproductive.

Review: Starred Up

Niamh McIntyre finds David Mackenzie's British prison drama to be a compelling and unflinching look at life behind bars

Printers and Presses

Isaac Goodwin takes a trip to the Bodleian’s historic presses with the Bibliophiles.

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September 5: Journalism drama doesn’t question the facts enough

Periodisation and the problem of now

Review: Death of a Salesman – ‘The Inside of His Head’

Oxford’s summer scene: The season of open-air performances

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