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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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Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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

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Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

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How to analyse sound in films

Do the Right Thing Scene Analysis

Movie Reviews – MRQE – the Movie Review Query Engine

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | Kim Longinotto

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Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

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