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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Edward Lachman Shares His Secrets For Shooting Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Understanding Fallen Angels

How to write scene transitions

Realism

Under the Skin - audiovisual alienation

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

The Cinematography of "Carol" (2015) – Evan E. Richards

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

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Hartismere 200

January 2026 Examinations

Personal Development

Sixth Form Curriculum and Programme of Study

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House Weeks

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