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Flipside - Cult British Cinema

Flipside - Cult British Cinema


Revisiting the many British films that have fallen through the cracks, this Flipside collection favours the overlooked, the sidelined and the undervalued.

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The importance of scene transitions

Superimposition in film

The Wave: the first autocracy lesson, part 1 (clip 2 of 9)

The Lost Boys opening

The Wave: summary

Programming software

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

How to analyse sound in films

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

E-Safety

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Private Study FM4 FM1 A Level ZEN Film Studies Phillip Van Hartismere Aesthetics Assessment Safeguarding A Level CS Vimeo Old Hollywood Examinations Do The Right Thing Festival School Nurse Yimou Vertigo College British

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