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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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Surface Matters

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Pan's Labyrinth

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Is Vertigo the best or worst movie ever?

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Computer Science

Joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS to students, summer 2025

Sixth Form Course Information

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

Expressionism

Film post-production explained

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