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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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

Surface Matters

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

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

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

Under the Skin - featurette

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

Conversations with CAROL

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

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

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