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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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Surface Matters

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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 review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Pan's Labyrinth

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Film: camera shots examples

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

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

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Under the Skin - BFI review

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

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Autumn Term 1: Sports Clubs

Sixth Form students 16 - 19 Bursary criteria information 2026 - 2027

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

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