Samuel Stephenson Looking back over the year, I’m really grateful that I’ve been able to go to the cinema so many times, seeing such a broad range of different films, and most importantly, getting lost in good stories. There’s nothing quite like it. 2025, for me at least, has definitely felt like the best year for films in a while. I wanted to make a list of my top 10 movies of the year to show just how good cinema has been lately.   Disclaimer: While some of these movies had

Whilst many envy the Rocky virgins of this town, I pity the pantomime first-timers. The number of St Andrews students who just don't understand the joys of the British institution that is pantomime distresses me on a daily basis. I pride myself on being the opposite. Maybe it's the anticipation of the end of exams and going home for Christmas, but I have embraced the onset of pantomime season with open arms. And what a welcome into the Christmas season it is! The Three Mini P

By Samuel Stephenson At the end of April earlier this year, I found myself at Glasgow Film Theatre (one of Scotland’s best) for one of the only screenings of Stanley Schtinter’s Schneewittchen . The film is very loosely based off Snow White. Robert Walser, a German playwright, adapted Snow White into a flash drama which begins where the original ends, where the characters are made aware of their roles within the fairy tale. The play was then adapted into a Portuguese film whe

Ezra, Valerie, and a skeleton: their future fate? (Photo courtesy of Waiting for a Hero) It’s the classic remake: take a classic show, set it in a shiny new location, include a couple of topical edits, and bam—a perfect attention getter that guarantees butts on seats. This tactic works even better when the classic in question is a staple of the second year English syllabus—and since the crossover between St Andrews English students and dedicated theatre nerds is high, chances

Credit: SZA/Instagram (@sza) Solana Imani Rowe, better known by her stage name SZA, is a singer-songwriter whose influence is...

By Megan Boxwell As reading week looms dangerously close, many St Andrews students will be coming to the realisation that they still...

A review of the romantic tragicomedy Constellations.

Love, as described in the film as the last religion, has not been lost among all the modern noise. We just have to fight for it. 

Have you ever seen Children of the Corn  and wondered: ‘What if someone took all the cornfield murders and set them in an apocalyptic...

The Devil is loose in St. Andrews — and you can get a front-row seat. As the early nightfall impedes ever earlier into the October...