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

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

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

Under the Skin - BFI review

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Spike Lee on Do The Right Thing's legacy

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Anatomy of a Screenplay

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Y7 Chemistry Sedimentary rocks cover

Tennis courts hire

Summer 2024 Exam Arrangements

Year 5 Open afternoons

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National Apprenticeship Week 2024

Artificial intelligence and assessments

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