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Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’


The book, which the author prized and later disowned, has been made into a movie starring Cate Blanchett. But in the ’50s, it was adapted as well (though not produced).

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Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

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Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

The importance of scene transitions

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

Under the Skin - Sound

ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

House of Flying Daggers - sound

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

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