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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”

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Surface Matters

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

Expressionism

Under the Skin - Sound

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Carol Featurette - Costume Design (2015) - Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler Drama HD

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

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

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

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11S_Ch1 Life Cycle Assessments

Summer 2026 Examinations

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

Parents Evening :: Year 7

11S_Ch1 Potable and Waste Water

8yS/Sc4

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

10S2 Moles

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