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Whiplash: a masterclass in ending a movie


Few movies can match the air-sucking tension and atmosphere of the Whiplash finale. Spoilers ahead...

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Mark Kermode reviews Whiplash

Whiplash | Editing Simple Conversation | ScreenCraft

The Lost Boys opening

"Attack the Block": Monsters, race, and rewriting South London’s outer spaces by Lorrie Palmer

How Whiplash Edits Itself

The Wave - authoritarianism

The Wave: Tim becomes Wenger's bodyguard (clip 6 of 9)

The Wave: Autocracy clip part 2 (clip 3 of 9)

The Lost Boys - the vampires attack

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

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Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Science

What happens to your examination script?

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

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Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)

Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

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Examinations Whiplash GCSE Film Studies ZEN Den Of Geek The Hollywood Reporter Movies Jobs TED BAFTA Mathematics Independent Film NEA Script Cinema Year 9 The Wave Local Governing Body Carol Sound Sound Engineering

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