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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

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

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

Conversations with CAROL

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Fallen Angels - Explained

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