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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 (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Surface Matters

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

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Realism

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

House of Flying Daggers - sound

'Carol,' 'Erin Brockovich' Cinematographer on How He Turns Images Into Ideas

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

Under the Skin explained

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

The importance of scene transitions

How to write scene transitions

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5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Local Governing Body Information

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

What happens to your examination script?

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Fallen Angels Script Art Student Information Yimou The New York Times Vertigo Buster Keaton Rules exhibition MUBI Awards Fine Art College Films Trustees

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