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Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism


Two women fall in love in this new film from Todd Haynes, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel “The Price of Salt.”

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Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

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

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Pan's Labyrinth

How to write scene transitions

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

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Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

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Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

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

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

E-Safety

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

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