“What a strange girl you are,” Carol (Cate Blanchett) tells Therese (Rooney Mara) in the masterpiece Carol. “Flung out of space.” That’s kind of the way I feel about the film as a whole—but, as with Carol’s sexually-charged sizing-up of Therese, I mean it in a good way. This is a film about queer women that is exquisitely crafted, heartfully acted, nuanced about each character’s motives and morality, and can be watched by actual queer people without making us cringe. Shown as part of the Hollywood’s ongoing Queer Commons film series, Carol gets the red carpet treatment it deserves.