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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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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

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Whiplash Final Scene - Andrew Neyman's Performance

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