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Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes


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Todd Haynes - what members say


  • Velvet Goldmine
  • Velvet Goldmine review by from County Durham
    Rated - 4.0 stars Elegance walking hand in hand with a lie. 1 August 2006
    ...rt and will be utterly disappointed for this is not what this film is about and Todd Haynes will quite happily tell you that himself. It is more about the Glam Rock era...   Read customer review
  • Far From Heaven
  • Far From Heaven review by from Shropshire, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars 14 October 2004
    ...So said the director, Todd Haynes. Why there should be a subtext when the film takes on the issues of both race and homosexuality, I can't think. This could be the nub o...   Read customer review
  • Safe
  • Safe review by from West Sussex
    Rated - 4.0 stars Moore is superb in a fascinating indie film 26 July 2004
    ...ave seen Far From Heaven will know of the greatness Julianne Moore and director Todd Haynes can achieve together. Safe is their first collaboration and a fascinating one. ...   Read customer review

Todd Haynes - filmography


  • Mildred Pierce - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Brian F. O'Byrne,  Melissa Leo
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Glendale, California, 1931: Mildred Pierce, a young mother with a talent for baking, is left a "grass widow" after throwing her husband, Bert, out of the house. Forced to hunt for work to support herself and her two young daughters, 11-year-old Veda and seven-year-old Ray, Mildred visits an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,058 member
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  • Mildred Pierce - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2011)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Brian F. O'Byrne,  Melissa Leo
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MILDRED PIERCE (Kate Winslet) is a single mother during the great depression who has a passion for baking and decides to open her own restaurant after failing to find work elsewhere. After starting her own business, she meets a new man and tries to juggle both of these while fighting to gain love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 340 members
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  • Great Directors (2009)
    Starring: Bernardo Bertolucci,  Catherine Breillat,  Liliana Cavani
    Director: Angela Ismailos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    GREAT DIRECTORS, directed by Angela Ismailos, features original, in-depth conversations with nine of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • I'm Not There on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Marcus Carl Franklin,  Christian Bale,  Ben Whishaw
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Todd Haynes (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) delivers this dazzling, experimental take on the life of popular music's most revered and enigmatic artist: Bob Dylan. In keeping with the impossible-to-pin-down nature of Dylan himself, Haynes chose to cast six different actors to portray several ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 11,496 members
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  • Far From Heaven on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Julianne Moore,  Dennis Quaid,  Dennis Haysbert
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The model marriage of Frank (Dennis Quaid) and Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) in 1950s Hartford is depicted in television ads, and a magazine features photographs of Cathy as a model homemaker and citizen. Yet, behind the curtains of their dream home, Cathy and Frank hide scandalous secrets. Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 10,807 members
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  • Velvet Goldmine on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Toni Collette,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) are personifications of glam rock's ideals, with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4,706 members
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  • Safe on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Julianne Moore,  Peter Friedman,  Susan Norman
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,176 members
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  • Poison/Dottie Gets Spanked
    Starring: J. Evan Bonifant,  Barbara Garrick,  Julie Halston
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    DOTTIE GETS SPANKED - the story follows a young soon-to-be-gay six-year-old named Steven Gale (Evan Bonifant). Obsessed with a television star named Dottie Frank (Julie Halston), Steven is both ridiculed by his school friends, and worried over by his parents. The highly feminine kid gets a chance ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 14 members
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Todd Haynes facts

5 most recent films

Mildred Pierce - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Mildred Pierce - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Great Directors - 3.0 stars
I'm Not There - 3.0 stars
I'm Not There - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Mildred Pierce - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mildred Pierce - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Far From Heaven - 3.0 stars
Velvet Goldmine - 3.0 stars
I'm Not There - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Great Directors - 3.0 stars
Poison/Dottie Gets Spanked - 3.0 stars
Safe - 2.5 stars
I'm Not There - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
I'm Not There - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Julianne Moore - 4 times - show films
Christian Bale - 3 times - show films
Garth Giker - 2 times - show films
Melissa Leo - 2 times - show films
Richard Gere - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Angela Ismailos - 1 times - show films