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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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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”

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Modernism - Movie List

Under the Skin - BFI review

Under the Skin - featurette

Cinema and modernism

Under the Skin - Explained

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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

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Bronze DofE Trip to Thorpe Woodlands

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Parents Evening :: Year 13

11E Charity Karaoke-cake sale. Friday 31st January

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

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Film Studies Carol Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Fitness Avant-Garde Certificates All Years Documentary Parent Bullying Vertigo Film4 Films Silent Film BFI Mrs Davy Pan's Labyrinth Charity Cinematography

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