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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Conversations with CAROL

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

Film: camera shots examples

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

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Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Cover Supervisor with PE specialism

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Cover Supervisor with art specialism

Community news: Davey Tennis

STARLIGHT EXPRESS, London. Thursday 2nd October.

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