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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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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

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

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

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

Under the Skin - BFI review

Realism

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

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Vacancies

Change of Head of Year 9

E-Safety

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Dracula podcast

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Open afternoons

Summer 2026 Examinations

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ZEN GCE Examinations Aesthetics Film Studies Carol YouTube Wellbeing NEA College Screenplay Assessment Oscars Spike Lee Open Film4 Buster Keaton Coursework March Vertigo Hartismere Parent

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