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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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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Surface Matters

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

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Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Under the Skin explained

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

The importance of scene transitions

Pan's Labyrinth

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

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Film post-production explained

Expressionism

Online safety newsletters

Joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS to students, summer 2025

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

Computer Science

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Sixth Form Course Information

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