Carol showcases the rise and fall of Carol Aird and Therese Belivet's relationship, but not everything is evident by the end of the movie. The Todd Haynes film is set in 1952, when Cate Blanchett's ...

Therese is a pretty, scrappy shopgirl with a dapper boyfriend and rowdy, heavy-drinking friends. She’s curiously watchful—actress Rooney Mara keeps her eyes opened wide—but it’s not quite clear what ...

In his wonderfully modulated moodpiece melodrama "Carol," Todd Haynes corrals the elusive creature that is tone. And he does so exquisitely, blending the emotional sincerity of character with a ...