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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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Superimposition in film

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Pan's Labyrinth

Expressionism

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Vertigo Film Score Analysis

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

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November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Our curriculum

December Mock Examinations

January 2026 Examinations

Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

Chicago marketing & front of house team

Photography Competition

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol The New York Times MUBI Revision Buster Keaton Screenplay Vertigo House Of Flying Daggers Hitchcock Pan's Labyrinth NEA Alamanc Spike Lee Competition Calendar Curriculum A Level Extra-Curricular

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