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


“It seamlessly evokes the period by paying homage to the great photography of the time.”

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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

Surface Matters

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast

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

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

“Carol” Up Close

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin - BFI review

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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Hartismere Technical Theatre

Waveney Valley Transport

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

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

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ZEN GCE Examinations Aesthetics Film Studies Carol Extra-Curricular Sound Harleston GCSE Technical Do The Right Thing Mocks Film4 Vertigo Revision School Nurse Screenplay Short Film GCSE Drama A Level Drama Coursework

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