Poison

The first film I have ever seen that is three different genre's of film in one. Three stories that only abstractly connect in theme are weaved together, one is mockumentary about a boy who shot his father and then flew... Full review

I really thought this film was going to be a particularly memorable one. It seemed to have all the workings of a possibly memorable film for me: the director impressed me with My Own Private Idaho, the title is compelling,... Full review

Filmed in 1990, POISON was an extremely obscure art house film--until Senator Jessie Helms, a hysterical homophobe, threw a public temper tantrum over the fact that it had been financed in part by a grant from the National Endowment for... Full review

Todd Haynes is one of those directors whom I've come across with due to his more recent works (FAR FROM HEAVEN) but with whose earlier work I was totally unfamiliar with. If anyone would have told me that POISON was... Full review

One of the things that writer-director Todd Haynes tries to do in POISON has been done before and seldom, if ever, has it worked. The most infamous example is perhaps D.W. Griffith's intolerable INTOLERANCE, a 1916 silent film epic featuring... Full review

To me the only part that was worth at all was the "Homo" part. And I'm not saying that because I am a homo myself. It's just the only part that felt and sounded realistic. Well, maybe the other 2... Full review

Despite this film receiving a lot of negative feed back from a lot of its viewers, I think the film is a truly provocative experience. Granted this film is definitely not everyones cup of tea to say the least, but... Full review

Todd Haynes became well known with his film "Poison", which was successful at the Sundance film festival. What I like about "Poison" is that is not another stereotypical gay film. It contains three separate stories, all shown out of sequence.... Full review

I first heard about this movie in this film study class that one of my friend is taking. Apparently they had to analyze it. When I purchase this movie, I didn't know what to expect. It is a great movie about... Full review

I first heard about this movie in this film study class that one of my friend is taking. Apparently they had to analyze it. When I purchase this movie, I didn't know what to expect. It is a great movie about... Full review

It's a fantastic film that has the potential to do extremely well. But less in it for the win than the art, the duo has gained respect from their filmmakers. ... Full Review

Here as elsewhere displaying the influence of Todd Haynes'"Poison," also produced by Christine Vachon, three aspects of David's life are presented in different visual styles: a depressing suburban childhood that included regular beatings from his violent alcoholic father, his stint as a New York street hustler and petty criminal, and an abstract section that finds David wandering, and sometimes at risk, in the desert. ... Full Review

The "Zeitgeist: Films of Our Times" series celebrating the independent distributor Zeitgeist Films continues through Wednesday at SIFF Cinema. "Poison," the 1991 debut of Todd Haynes ("Far from Heaven," "Safe"), screens tonight along with Haynes' short film "Dottie Gets Spanked." ... Full Article

Every decade or so (if we're lucky), the American cinema is graced by a daringly idiosyncratic avant-garde filmmaker who, along with his radical attitudes and techniques, has the instincts of a popular entertainer. ... Full Article

Todd Haynes's "Poison" is a vision of unrelenting, febrile darkness. It presents three disparate stories in three greatly varied styles, all inspired by the work of Jean Genet, and its effect, as a whole, is like that of an especially ... Full Article

Despite closing a major deal for his firm thanks to his lovely wife submitting to seducing the sleazy client, Chris (Larry Poindexter) loses his job anyway and summarily drives off a bridge to his death. ... Full Article