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Author Archives: Martha Wilson

Martha, one of The Oxford Blue's columnists, is a second-year English student at St Hugh's College. She is really funny, pretty and cool.

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What to put on when you want everyone to go home: Grease 2 and the Law of Diminishing Returns

by Martha Wilson April 6, 2021July 18, 2021
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Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: Silence, simplicity and Yasijuro Ozu’s ‘I Was Born, But…’

by Martha Wilson February 27, 2021July 18, 2021
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Boyhood before Boyhood: Making fun, making friends and Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me

by Martha Wilson February 9, 2021February 9, 2021
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Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: Imagination, Intelligence, and Terry Gilliam’s ‘Time Bandits’

by Martha Wilson January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
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Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: The juvenile delinquent and Francois Truffaut’s ‘The 400 Blows’

by Martha Wilson January 5, 2021July 16, 2024
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The Philistine’s Guide to Film in Translation

by Martha Wilson August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

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