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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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Stories We Tell - the Guardian Film Show review

Realism

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

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | Kim Longinotto

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

How Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing' Still Resonates Today

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Fallen Angels - Explained

Do the Right Thing (5/10) Movie CLIP - Racist Stereotypes (1989) HD

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

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Local Governing Body Information

Photography Competition

January 2026 Examinations

Chicago marketing & front of house team

Our curriculum

December Mock Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

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