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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Surface Matters

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House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Understanding Fallen Angels

Captain Fantastic editing

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Film: camera shots examples

How to write scene transitions

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

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Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Teacher of Sociology

Impact Evaluation of LAMDA Exams in Schools

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Parents Evening :: Year 8

School Policies

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol British Parent Oscars Acting Miss Bennetts Drama Calendar MUBI Bullying Hartismere ABU Science Year 8 SCI Revision Policy Year 9

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