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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

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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Pan's Labyrinth

Conversations with CAROL

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Under the Skin - Explained

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

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

Under the Skin - BFI review

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December Mock Examinations

House Weeks

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance)

Sixth Form Curriculum and Programme of Study

Local Governing Body Information

Hartismere 200

Personal Development

January 2026 Examinations

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Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Pastoral CIEAG Documentation NEA Community Local Governing Body House Of Flying Daggers The New York Times Governor Coursework Hitchcock Oscars Leadership Statutory Information Hartismere Screenplay

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