Carol - 2015 - 7/10

Gorgeous film of attraction leading into fling.
Younger female meets older female. Age difference, wealth difference, class difference.
The foolish heart that learns through experience.
Set in early 1950’s New York, the look is a fashion catalogue. Clothes, hairstyle, makeup.
Director Todd Haynes shot in Super 16 so there is grain in the film.
Some critics have likened this to Sirk, but I think they are in error.
Sirk’s films are often high-voltage melodramas, and Carol is a subdued mood piece.
Social constrictions abound and repercussions for deviating from the norm glide quietly in the background.