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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'


Carol is gorgeous, gently groundbreaking, and might be the saddest thing you’ll ever see.

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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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Carol Featurette - Story (2015) - Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Drama HD

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Vertigo Film Score Analysis

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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January 2026 Examinations

Chicago marketing & front of house team

Photography Competition

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 12

December Mock Examinations

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Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Silent Film Under The Skin Productions Photography Week A Level Revision Cinematography Spike Lee Captain Fantastic Screenplay mock Events Fallen Angels january Oscars

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