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From Nosferatu to The General – why the 1920s is my favourite film decade


Chaplin and Keaton made millions laugh, but silent cinema’s greatest classics were the fruit of wild European fancy … and then Hollywood invented the talkies

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5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Nick Broomfield: 'I was a rebel, causing as much trouble as possible'

Superimposition in film

Kim Longinotto On Fostering Intimacy With Her Subjects and Giving a Voice to Women’s Stories in Dreamcatcher

DP/30 @ Sundance '13: Stories We Tell, storyteller Sarah Polley

Under the Skin - Sound

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Three act structure

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Simon Pegg Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters |

Film Academy Shorts

Managing In-Game Spending

HERCULES THE MUSICAL- Years 7 & 8. London

29_09_25 7yA Cover

STARLIGHT EXPRESS, London. Thursday 2nd October. Closed

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

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ZEN The Guardian Film Studies GCE Silent Film Sound Engineering Aspen Russell Do The Right Thing Old Hollywood Coursework Sound Hitchcock Term Dates Mrs Davy BFI Aesthetics Pan's Labyrinth YouTube Games Online Spending

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