Monochrome Nightmare

Surreal photograph of a woman lying upturned on a beach.

The words ‘student film-making’ are normally enough to strike fear into the heart of any critic; one finds oneself, rather unfairly, expecting little more than naïve philosophising and camerawork clumsier than Blair Witch. How pleasing then, to find a student film that manages to rise above such misconceptions.

Film: Double Trouble

Woody Allen’s latest film offers us two completely different takes on the turbulent personal life of damaged thirtysomething Melinda (Rahda Mitchell). The two different versions of the story are meant to be alternately comic and tragic, demonstrating the contrasting ways that similar situations in life can be viewed.

Film: Around Again

A scene from the movie. A woman holds a man's face in her hands.

Much of the first Ring film’s success was down to the decision to jettison traditional horror film gore for psychological thrills. The plot concerned a video which, if watched, would cause you to die a week later.

Film: Breakfast At Debenham's

Never afraid to court controversy, The Oxford Student’s William Brown reviews his own (imaginary) films.