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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

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

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“Carol” Up Close

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Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

The importance of scene transitions

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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