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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

In the first instalment of her new column, Martha Wilson provides advice on getting people to “fuck off” and examines why “sequels are pretty shit”. Illustration by Nina Mangion.

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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, 2021January 5, 2021
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The Philistine’s Guide to Film in Translation

by Martha Wilson August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

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