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


“It seamlessly evokes the period by paying homage to the great photography of the time.”

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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Surface Matters

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

Academy Conversations: Carol

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Under the Skin - Sound

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Dracula podcast

Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Open afternoons

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Change of Head of Year 9

E-Safety

Vacancies

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ZEN GCE Examinations Aesthetics Film Studies Carol The Hollywood Reporter Test Fallen Angels BFI Horror British Student Information Open Yimou Coursework Year 5 Evening Short Film Vertigo GCSE SOTD

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