• News and Sport
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
    • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
The Oxford Blue

The Oxford Blue

Oxford University's Independent Newspaper | Est. 2020

  • News and Sport
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
    • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021

Tag: film

Posted inColumns

Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: Silence, simplicity and Yasijuro Ozu’s ‘I Was Born, But…’

by Martha Wilson February 27, 2021July 18, 2021
Posted inCulture

Birds can’t live inside: a review of ‘Penguin Bloom’

by Lily Down February 13, 2021July 18, 2021
Posted inColumns

Boyhood before Boyhood: Making fun, making friends and Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me

by Martha Wilson February 9, 2021February 9, 2021
Posted inCulture

A BA in 5 texts: the essential reading for a snapshot of an English degree.

by Elena Trowsdale January 24, 2021January 24, 2021
Posted inCulture

There’s Something About Julie: NT Live Review

by Francesca Duke January 19, 2021January 19, 2021
Posted inMusic

3 Steps to a successful music biopic

by Josh Russell January 19, 2021July 18, 2021
Posted inColumns

Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: Imagination, Intelligence, and Terry Gilliam’s ‘Time Bandits’

by Martha Wilson January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Posted inColumns

Boyhood before ‘Boyhood’: The juvenile delinquent and Francois Truffaut’s ‘The 400 Blows’

by Martha Wilson January 5, 2021July 16, 2024
Posted inCulture

The existential crisis of The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again

by Thang Tu December 8, 2020July 18, 2021
Posted inFilm & TV

Das Leben Der Anderen: the importance of art in 1980s East Germany

by Jennifer Goodier November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 Older posts

Popular Posts

  • Torpids Cancelled for 2026 Over Poor Weather Conditions
  • Are some colleges better than others?
  • Catherine Xu Elected President of the Oxford Union for Michaelmas Term 2026
  • Roddy Scores Four To Tank Cambridge
  • Two figures, one of them holding a cigarette
    What’s With All the Smoke? Cigarettes on Stage in Oxford and Beyond
  • Hawley Heroic as Oxford Demolish Cambridge 
  • The Lifestyle Lowdown: Day Trips
  • Chancellor Hosts Special Honorary Degree Ceremony to Mark the First Anniversary of His Inauguration
  • Embracing Otherness: In Conversation with Reverend Dr. Andrew Teal
  • The co-founders of the Oxford Students Amnesty International Society.
    Amnesty International Society Revived by Oxford Students: In Conversation with the Co-Founders

Prince Consort Ladygirl at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

Diya Pillai Mar 6, 2026 6 min read
An actor dressed in traditional Chinese clothes

“How far will you go to save the one you love? It’s a question commonly asked in fiction, but I’ve never seen it approached quite…

Second Draft: Melodramatic Fearmongering

Eleanor Davies Mar 5, 2026 8 min read
Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“What I do know, however, is that my younger self was a voracious reader and writer. Albeit with a slightly quirky imagination. If I could…

The Lifestyle Lowdown: Study Spots

Isobel Jessop Mar 5, 2026 7 min read
The Lifestyle Lowdown: Study Spots

Given that the university recommends we spend 40 hours a week studying, we think that it had better be in a location that really suits…

Little Women at Pembroke College’s Pichette Auditorium: Reviewed

Rohit Ghosh Mar 5, 2026 6 min read
A group of people stand around a woman lying on a chaise longue.

“Pembroke’s drama scene does not get nearly as much attention as it deserves” Rohit Ghosh reviews the musical ‘Little Women’, staged by Pembroke College at…

© 2026 The Oxford Blue Student Newspaper CIC | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Go to mobile version