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A-Level Film Studies – ‘Vertigo’ & Auteur Theory (Part 1 of 2)

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Vertigo spirals

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

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From Vertigo to Psycho, how Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film

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

Realism

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Under the Skin - featurette

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Dracula, 1931 - Don't look in the mirror

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

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

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Summer 2026 Examinations

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

CABARET THE MUSICAL. London. Y9-13. Weds 15th April 2026- Only a few places left

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Parents collecting pupils from school

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