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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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House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

The importance of scene transitions

Realism

Kim Longinotto On Fostering Intimacy With Her Subjects and Giving a Voice to Women’s Stories in Dreamcatcher

The Modern Silent

Documenting Women's Rites: An Interview with Filmmaker Kim Longinotto

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

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January 2026 Examinations

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Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

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December Mock Examinations

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ZEN The Guardian Film Studies GCE Silent Film English Under The Skin NEA YouTube Health Festival Examinations Sound Carol Notices GCSE Wellbeing Working Revision House Of Flying Daggers Aspen Russell

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