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Silent London’s Pamela Hutchinson looks back at the origins of silent cinema and contemplates the striking similarities to what we’re watching now on our phones and on the big screen…

 

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Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

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Understanding Fallen Angels

Truffaut on the Auteur Theory

Nick Broomfield interview

Vertigo Film Score Analysis

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Is Vertigo the best or worst movie ever?

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