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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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Surface Matters

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

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How to write scene transitions

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

The importance of scene transitions

Expressionism

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

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E-Safety

48 Hour Scares

January 2026 Examinations

Learnit Physics: Formula Practice

Parents Evening :: Year 10

December Mock Examinations

School Policies

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

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