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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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Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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

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Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2025

Y11 GCSE Drama picnic & Balloon Stomp 2023

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2021

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

Summer 2025 Results

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Examinations ZEN GCE Film Studies Silent Film MUBI The New York Times Do The Right Thing Trips Cooking British Documentary Modernism House Of Flying Daggers Under The Skin Theory Year 11 GCSE Drama Mrs Davy NEA Spike Lee Yimou

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