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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.”

See also...

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

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

Fallen Angels - Explained

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Under the Skin - featurette

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

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

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

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Design and Technology

Invigilators

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

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

Summer 2026 Examinations

Actor Martin Sheen gets into Character- BBC Sounds

Waveney Valley Transport

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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ZEN GCE Examinations Aesthetics Film Studies Carol Vertigo Year 12 The Hollywood Reporter Films Trips Mendham Assessment Coursework Sixth Form Film4 YouTube British Theatre Silent Film GCSE Short Film

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