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PHOTO BY: OXFORDFILMFEST.COM Over 70 films are set to showcase and compete in the 12th Annual Oxford Film Festival. Ten previous Oxford Film Festival filmmakers are returning to the festival, and many of the films’ directors are traveling from all over the country to host Q&A’s at their films’ screenings. This...

  With Black History Month coming to a close, the time has come to look back and reflect on the meaning of it. Many of us might be tempted to think only of the civil rights movement in the ‘60s and ‘70s or the historic events that took place on this very campus when James Meredith integrated the university in 1962. This evening, one group of Oxford artists and...

Frank Estrada created this woodcut print for the 20th Anniversary of The Double Decker Arts Festival. The piece was unveiled Friday at the first press...

This week in Oxford… Monday, Feb. 23 Noon – Brown Bag: ‘Oprah Don’t Play’ – J.D. Williams Library – Faulkner Room Noon –...

Courtesy of: cbdbband.wix.com Proud Larry’s, the safe haven for new and upcoming musicians, is playing host to yet another unique group this Saturday....

Rating: A+ With “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” writer and director Wes Anderson once again proves he is a master storyteller and stands in an off-color...

Compiled by Lizzie McIntosh TOYOTA: ON THE NAUGHTY LIST A new push by legislators to cut Mississippi’s financial connections to Iran could have “unintended...

The third annual yART Sale, sponsored by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday at the Powerhouse. The yART...

Filmed sporadically over twelve years, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” follows the coming-of-age of Mason Evans, Jr. (played by newcomer Ellar Coltrane)...

In its 87th year, the Academy Awards – officially rebranded as The Oscars in 2013 –  are still considered the top honors for the American film industry. Through the years, the ceremony has been a battlefield between Hollywood heavy-hitters and independent game-changers with some films showered with praise and others completely ignored by the golden statuette. This...