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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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 review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 2/2

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

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Under the Skin - featurette

Carol 2015 - Extended Trailer

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Under the Skin - Sound

Realism

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Teacher of Business Studies & Economics

Teacher of Art & Photography (Part time)

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Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

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