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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending


Spoiler alert: this piece is about the end of Carol. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you might want to hold off on reading this piece until you have and take a look at our review.

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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

Surface Matters

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Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Under the Skin - Sound

Under the Skin explained

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

Academy Conversations: Carol

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

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