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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Under the Skin - BFI review

Carol Featurette - Screenplay (2015) - Cate Blanchette, Rooney Mara Drama HD

Realism

Under the Skin - featurette

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

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January 2026 Examinations

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Photography Competition

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

December Mock Examinations

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Film Studies Carol Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Photography december Sixth Form Trips Policy GCSE Drama Art Silent Film SOTD Year 11 GCSE Drama Miss Baker Films Alamanc Assessment Captain Fantastic Film4

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