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The National Gallery first allowed visitors to take photographs of its paintings in 2014, basically because they realised that the rise of smartphone use meant it was just too difficult to prohibit. Many art lovers vocalised their disappointment, claiming that letting photography into the sacred gallery space was a rude violation of quiet looking. Photography, […]
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Image description: One of Athirty4’s plaster light switches Over the past few weeks, the appearance of household light switches, placed surreptitiously around the city, has prompted discussion amongst students; plastered on lamp posts, street signs and post boxes, while the switches have generated amusement on account of their quirkiness, the question remains as to their […]
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A well timed family holiday to Toronto meant I was fortunate enough to attend the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. It’s interesting to first note that every film began with a thanks to the indigenous tribes that owned the land where the theatre stood. This is was a welcome recognition of First Nation peoples, one […]
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“It’s true what they say. Rich people really are different.” This is the message of Ready or Not, the second film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett who’s previous credits include the horror anthology V/H/S (2012). Samara Weavings stars as Grace, a young woman marrying into the uber-wealthy “Le Domas” family. Instead of being […]
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The season is now, officially, over. On the day before the temperature dropped from 33°C to 22°C the plaza was packed, with Parisiens, locals and international holiday-makers alike. And what a spectacle it was, with an 80s music concert and performances of Saracen twirling and fire dancing. The sparks literally flew 5 metres into the […]
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Quentin Tarantino’s passion for cinema has always been a dominant presence in his work. It’s there in his use of pastiche, in his references to other films and in his gleeful engagement with genre tropes. In his latest effort, it’s more evident than it ever has been. His ninth film, Once Upon a Time in […]
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There is nothing I want more in the world right now than one of the pyjama suits worn in ‘Spooky Mormon Hell Dream’. The red, Grinch-like, pointy-toed costumes look cosy as well as fashionable. This dance number was accompanied by some of the most evil people from throughout history performing sex acts on each other […]
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Image description: ‘Starry Night over the Rhone’ by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 Van Gogh’s art is so multi-dimensional, so broad in its influences, that there are countless different “Van Gogh and…” exhibitions just waiting to be curated. We could have exhibitions on his relationship to Japan, France and the Low Countries, or his reception in […]
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Image description: The cast of the Cats musical on Broadway Hollywood’s recent obsession with CGI felines has me concerned. What with Disney’s entirely CGI realised remake of The Lion King, and Universal‘s first look at the rather disturbingly rendered humanoid cats of Cats (2019), they’re everywhere and they’re causing consternation amongst film fans, especially myself. […]
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Image description: 15th century engraving of men in battle. Kanye West and Taylor Swift, the sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus: these are just a few names of today’s well-known artists who feuded over artistic differences, vied for being recognised as the better artist or had bitter disagreements due […]
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Throughout history, it seems that certain human behaviours remain steadfast, regardless of the extraordinary societal developments which have occurred over the past centuries; practices which we might view as a modern revelation are often far from it, as humans are, despite our sophistication, often driven by fundamental desires and behaviours (some of the most basic […]
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Warning: Major spoilers ahead. The online petition to remake the final season of the most expensive, illegally downloaded television series of all time has currently received over 1.5 million signatures. Its creator, Dylan D, implores viewers to remedy the ‘woefully incompetent’ writing of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. But is all of this backlash deserved? […]
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The dishevelled set promises exactly what the voyeur is here to see: drugs; sex; cigarettes; fishnets and feistiness. There will be no taboo left unshaken here. The steady rhythm seeps onto the stage and the hustlers are infected, masterfully delivering their dance of life in the 1980s streets of LA. A captivating introduction into the […]
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It was a Saturday morning when I found myself sat waiting to preview The Oxford Revue’s Playhouse show playing on Monday 17th June. As I sat waiting for a fellow reviewer, I was told I would be privy to seeing a few sketches from the show. As I waited, all the comics were sat around […]
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Hoof and Horn Productions are excited to announce that they are putting on the visceral and compelling play Hustlers from the 11th-15th of June (7th Week) at the BT Studio before their run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They can also reveal that they’ve been confirmed for one of the biggest stages at this […]
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“I like to dance when I am cutting into the woodblock images of dancers. I feel that I am doing each gesture myself.” Those are the words of Naoko Matsubara, a Japanese born, Canadian based printmaker. Her 1975 work ‘Maiko’, a colour woodblock print on paper, captures the graceful movement of a trainee geisha as […]
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With classic literature like Shakespeare, it can be difficult to provide a new outlook that gives age-old plays new meaning. As seen in the 2010 film adaption of Macbeth, which is set in the Soviet Union, it is not uncommon for directors to take creative liberties in order to retell stories in unique and original […]
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I never thought I would be one to write on the Oxford Student, but as an avid consumer of the film industry and one that truly enjoys trailers themselves as bite-sized entertainment, a shot of adrenaline, or a chance to yell excitedly in my kitchen, I also realized trailers are much more. There are many […]
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Summer is here and the sun is (hopefully) gracing the British Isles. You know what that means. It’s time to get out there and soak in those rays at the beach before the inevitable winter cold returns to plunge us back into desolation and despair. But remember to be safe out there, or disaster could […]
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