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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Under the Skin - Sound

ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

Superimposition in film

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Realism

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Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

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Summer 2026 Examinations

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

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