Surface Matters
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
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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
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
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