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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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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 2/2

Under the Skin - Sound

Fallen Angels - Explained

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

The Cinematography of "Carol" (2015) – Evan E. Richards

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

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