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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 (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Surface Matters

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

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House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Vertigo spirals

Under the Skin - Explained

Cinema and modernism

Academy Conversations: Carol

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

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

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

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

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Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

GCSE PAST PAPERS -ADDED FEB 2025

2025 Exam Preparation

Key Stage three photographs

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

Parents Evening :: Year 8

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