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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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 (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Under the Skin - featurette

Academy Conversations: Carol

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin explained

Film: camera shots examples

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

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

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