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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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Surface Matters

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

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Fallen Angels - Explained

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

How to write scene transitions

The importance of scene transitions

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

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

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

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Hartismere Bursary Criteria

Academic challenge and independence; attainment

Local Governing Body Information

University and careers; destinations & retention

GCSE CS: 1.5 Networks - TCP/IP Layers and Protocols

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