Entertainment·31st January 2022Award season return: a guide to the films that matter Sam Wagman Image Description: An image of a cinema, where one can watch films. Once again, the film awards season is upon... Read More
Science and Technology·12th May 2018Oscars so Abled? The Overwhelming Frequency of Non-disabled Actors Portraying Disabled Characters Aaliya Gilbert, Science & Technology Editor Ever since Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor playing Rain Man, half of Best Actor Oscars have been... Read More
Entertainment·21st February 2017‘And the winner is…’: The modern value of award shows Eve Lytollis Hollywood is drawing to the end of movie awards season, with stars and films alike receiving some of the industry’s... Read More
Entertainment·2nd March 2016Review: Room John Maier Lenny Abrahamson’s awards-tipped drama, Room, threatens to be nothing short of a two hour emotional bludgeoning of the audience at... Read More
Entertainment·2nd February 2016A Field of White: Diversity and the Oscars Daunish Negargar ‘I can’t help but ask the question, is it time people of colour recognise how much power and influence we... Read More
Entertainment·14th November 2014Woody Allen, foreign filmmaker? Kate Sinclair What makes a movie ‘foreign’? Is it the financing, or the location? The language of the performers or the ethnicity... Read More
College NewsNational NewsNews·30th January 2014High drama for Balliol alum Luke Mintz A Balliol alumnus has been nominated for an Oscar for his short film, The Voorman Problem. Baldwin Li, who completed... Read More
Entertainment·25th February 2013OxStu Oscars Drunk Liveblog Alex Lynchehaun, Otis Graham and Prithu Banerjee Goodbye lads (and ladies, I’m not sexist), it’s been an absolute cracker of an evening, although the Oscars weren’t much... Read More
Entertainment·18th January 2013Academy Ignored: the films the Oscars missed Charles Walmsley The Oscar for Best Picture does not confer greatness on its own. Few would argue that Crash is a better... Read More
Entertainment·23rd February 2012Making a Muppet of the Oscars: Another sparse year in the best song category Best Actor? Best Film? Nope. (It is unfair to put incorrect answers into your mouth without even asking the question)... Read More
Culture·28th January 2021Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’: His most violent film? Hari Solomonides Image description: Michelle Pfeiffer portraying Countess Ellen Olenska in the film Age of Innocence. Martin Scorsese is, without doubt, my... Read More
Entertainment·12th February 2018Interview with Hugh Welchman Rachel Kevern Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully painted feature film. Under the direction of husband-and-wife duo Dorota Kobiela and Hugh... Read More
Profile·16th June 2016Profile: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy James Chater In 2015, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first Pakistani filmmaker to win two Academy Awards with her documentary A Girl in... Read More
Comment·10th February 2016The lack of diversity in Hollywood is a slap in the face for creativity Asta Diabaté Jada Pinkett Smith, Charlotte Rampling, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o are all people who have had their say about what some... Read More
Entertainment·15th January 2015Why you should cut awards season some slack Thomas Bannatyne Criticism of the film-world is rife in the period between late November and the Academy Awards ceremony around the end... Read More
Entertainment·3rd March 2014The 3rd annual OxStu Oscars drunk liveblog Alex Lynchehaun, Otis Graham and Prithu Banerjee REFRESH MANUALLY TO KEEP UP 05:07- Right, that is that. The Oscars 2014 are over, awards have been given out,... Read More
Entertainment·15th March 2013Patience means prizes Harry Noads Why Leo DiCaprio must play the waiting game if he is to get over his 'Criminal Snubbing' Read More
Entertainment·18th January 2013Les Mis strikes a chord Susannah Cooke For long-time fans of the stage musical of Les Misérables, it has been hard to approach the film production other... Read More
Entertainment·23rd February 2012Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Oskar’s tale is worthy, but not Oscar worthy Before giving this review, I need to first make one point very clear: the Oscars have always nominated films deemed... Read More