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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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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Surface Matters

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

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Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Fallen Angels - Explained

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

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

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

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WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Trip to Athens October 2026

Photography Competition

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

School Policies

Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Greece Vertigo Cover Films Cinematography Short Film Theatre Revision Student Information Under The Skin Year 10 Notices Buster Keaton Term Dates Pan's Labyrinth Year 9 Options

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