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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Realism

Vertigo Film Score Analysis

Under the Skin - BFI review

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

The Cinematography of "Carol" (2015) – Evan E. Richards

Academy Conversations: Carol

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

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CABARET THE MUSICAL. Playhouse Theatre, London. Y9-13. Wednesday 15th April 2026

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

Cover Supervisor

Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

Get involved in the Hartismere: 'Focus Your Fitness February Challenge!

Parents Evening :: Year 11

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