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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

Carol Featurette - Story (2015) - Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Drama HD

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Under the Skin - featurette

Under the Skin - Sound

Superimposition in film

Under the Skin - BFI review

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Edward Lachman Shares His Secrets For Shooting Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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