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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Surface Matters

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Film: camera shots examples

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Carol 2015 - Extended Trailer

The importance of scene transitions

Academy Conversations: Carol

Pan's Labyrinth

Conversations with CAROL

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January 2026 Examinations

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

Examinations

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Summer 2026 Examinations

Local Governing Body Information

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