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Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it


While some critics see the film, released 60 years ago, as proof of Hitchcock’s sexist creepiness, a closer look reveals strong women and weak men were often at the heart of his work

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Film Score Analysis Episode 1: Vertigo

Naming, and Defining, Avant-Garde or Experimental Film

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

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

Cinema and modernism

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Stories We Tell - the Guardian Film Show review

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

5 Frames from Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958)

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Completing the Award

Sixth Form College Open Evening

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 10

School Policies

Cover Supervisor

Our curriculum

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