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From Nosferatu to The General – why the 1920s is my favourite film decade


Chaplin and Keaton made millions laugh, but silent cinema’s greatest classics were the fruit of wild European fancy … and then Hollywood invented the talkies

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5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

25 Years Later, How Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing' Changed Race Relations In America

Fallen Angels - Explained

Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it

Pan's Labyrinth

Understanding Fallen Angels

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | Kim Longinotto

Three act structure

Stories We Tell - the Guardian Film Show review

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

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Parents Evening :: Year 11

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

January 2026 Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Summer 2026 Examinations

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Local Governing Body Information

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