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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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Cinema and modernism

Modernism - Movie List

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

World of Wong Kar Wei - go 7 minutes and 13 seconds in!

Expressionism

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

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