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Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism


Two women fall in love in this new film from Todd Haynes, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel “The Price of Salt.”

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Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

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House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Realism

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

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March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Young Performers Theatre Workshops - For 12-18's

Head of Department Psychology & Sociology

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Summer 2026 Examinations

Artist in Residence for 2026

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