film Archives - The Oxford Blue

Illustration of Rochelle (The Craft, played by Rachel True) in front of a blue background. A witch flying on a broomstick passes an orange moon in the top right corner

Comeback of the Witch

by Dami Adedoyin-Adeniyi June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Popular, you’re gonna be popular – On the “Wicked: For Good” trailer release

by Patricia Euler June 7, 2025June 12, 2025

Black and white picture of film composer Rachel Portman

‘Music, to me, is always suggesting images or stories or emotions’: In conversation with Rachel Portman OBE

by Lilia Goldstein May 19, 2025May 19, 2025

‘Women in Film’ Event Set to Host Simone Ashley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Amongst Others

by Esther Boon May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Oscar nominees 2025: what do they tell us about AI and cinema?

by Emily Dillon February 16, 2025May 7, 2025

Picketers protests as part of SAG-AFTRA strikes on streets of New York.

The State of TV in 2025

by Daniela Braw-Smith February 12, 2025February 17, 2025

This image shows a picture of a sunset from an Oxford college, with the building in the foreground.

Musings of a Media Lover: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, writing, and finding my way back to myself

by Millie Acton February 7, 2025June 26, 2025

Dark Academia: the playground of rich, white men?

by Aria Chakravorty January 27, 2025June 30, 2025

‘You will laugh, you will sigh, and you will squirm’ Review of Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Kiaya Phillips November 9, 2024November 9, 2024

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

Love Letters: Halloween

by Lucy Pollock November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

Will the Israel/Iran war really stop at 12 days of conflict?

Elana RobertsJul 5, 202511 min read

The Israel Attack on Tehran.

Elana Roberts explores the build-up to and events during the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict. Through evaluating global response to the conflict, the article also considers whether…

“I could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet” – Hejira at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

Patricia EulerJul 2, 20254 min read

The seven members of Hejira perform, standingin a circle, on a stage lit in blue and pink hues.

“Championing the charming lightness and churning depth of Mitchell’s music, the band captures the simultaneous free fall and soft land of her jazz journeys so…

The State of African Politics

Daniel BurnsJun 30, 202515 min read

The official portrait of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of Nigeria

The narrative of African politics is not singular. It is dynamic, contested, and alive. To understand the state of African politics, one must go beyond…

Oxford: Love in the Rearview

Mahima NayakJun 29, 20257 min read

Oxford: Love in the Rearview

What would you do if you had a relationship with a time limit? If, on a predetermined date, all that was your love and your…