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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 (Haynes, 2015)

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

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

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The importance of scene transitions

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Under the Skin - BFI review

World of Wong Kar Wei - go 7 minutes and 13 seconds in!

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Under the Skin - featurette

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 2/2

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Film: camera shots examples

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E-Safety

Design and Technology

Actor Martin Sheen gets into Character- BBC Sounds

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

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