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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'


Carol is gorgeous, gently groundbreaking, and might be the saddest thing you’ll ever see.

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Surface Matters

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

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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

Under the Skin explained

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Fallen Angels - Explained

Understanding Fallen Angels

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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E-Safety

GCSE CS: 1.5 Networks - TCP/IP Layers and Protocols

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Hartismere Sixth Form College

Academic challenge and independence; attainment

University and careers; destinations & retention

Hartismere Bursary Criteria

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