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Image of a cinema, where one can watch films.
Entertainment
·31st January 2022

Award 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...
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Science and Technology
·12th May 2018

Oscars 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...
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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...
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Entertainment
·2nd March 2016

Review: 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...
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Entertainment
·2nd February 2016

A 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...
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Entertainment
·14th November 2014

Woody 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...
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College NewsNational NewsNews
·30th January 2014

High 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...
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Entertainment
·25th February 2013

OxStu 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...
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Entertainment
·18th January 2013

Academy 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...
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·23rd February 2012

Making 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)...
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Culture
·28th January 2021

Scorsese’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...
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Entertainment
·12th February 2018

Interview 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...
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Profile
·16th June 2016

Profile: 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...
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Comment
·10th February 2016

The 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...
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Entertainment
·15th January 2015

Why 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...
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Entertainment
·3rd March 2014

The 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,...
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Entertainment
·15th March 2013

Patience means prizes

Harry Noads
Why Leo DiCaprio must play the waiting game if he is to get over his 'Criminal Snubbing'
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Entertainment
·18th January 2013

Les 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...
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Entertainment
·23rd February 2012

Extremely 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...
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