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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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Surface Matters

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

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

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Under the Skin - BFI review

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Film: camera shots examples

The importance of scene transitions

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Teacher of English with responsibility of key stage 3

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Teacher of film studies and/or English

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Second in department of English

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