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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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Surface Matters

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Realism

Under the Skin - BFI review

Academy Conversations: Carol

The Cinematography of "Carol" (2015) – Evan E. Richards

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

Under the Skin - featurette

Carol 2015 - Extended Trailer

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

'Carol,' 'Erin Brockovich' Cinematographer on How He Turns Images Into Ideas

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

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Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

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

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

Photography Competition

Trip to Athens October 2026

Parents Evening :: Year 12

School Policies

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

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