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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 (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

Surface Matters

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Under the Skin - Explained

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Under the Skin - Sound

“Carol” Up Close

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

Pan's Labyrinth

Under the Skin - featurette

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

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LAMDA Performance and public speaking exams 2026-2027

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