"Director: Todd Haynes"

• Dark Waters (DVD) | DVD | (06/07/2020) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything his future, his family, and his own life - to expose the truth.

• Carol | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  New York 1952. Carol is elegant, sophisticated, wealthy and married. Therese is just starting out in life; unsure of who she wants to be. A chance encounter in a Manhattan department store sparks an extraordinary friendship between these two women. Carol is caught in a bitter divorce and a custody battle for her daughter, but finds herself mesmerised by this mysterious, quiet beauty. Finding herself alone on Christmas Day, Carol invites Therese to escape on a spontaneous road trip into the heartland of America. It is during this magical journey that the two fall hopelessly and desperately in love. But this is 1952 and Carol is risking everything for this relationship that defies society's conventions. Based on the best-selling novel by Patricia Highsmith, author of ˜Strangers on a Train' and ˜The Talented Mr Ripley', Carol is a powerful romance fuelled by the suspense, danger and exhilaration of forbidden love.

• Velvet Goldmine | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1971: Glam Rock explodes onto the world scene in a blaze of glitter and guitars. At its centre the flamboyant Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Together with outrageous American rocker Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) they challenge conformity and take on the world! 1974: Suddenly at the height of his career Slade decides to fake his own death on stage. The stunt backfires and he is never seen again. 1984: It's the 10th anniversary of Slade's disappearance and journalist Arthur Stuar

• Far From Heaven | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £7.56   |  Saving you £12.43 (164.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

• I'm Not There | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £7.69   |  Saving you £12.30 (159.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where seven characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

• I'm Not There | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  I'm Not There is an unconventional journey into the life and times of Bob Dylan. Cate Blanchette Richard Gere Heath Ledger Christian Bale Marcus Carl Franklin and Ben Whishaw portray Dylan as a series of shifting personae - from the public to the private to the fantastical - weaving together a rich and colourful portrait of this ever elusive American idol.

• Wonderstruck | Blu Ray | (30/07/2018) from £7.93   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From visionary director of Far From Heaven and Carol, (based on the critically acclaimed book by Brian Selznick), Wonderstruck stars long-time Haynes collaborator Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and newcomers Oakes Fegley and Millicient Simmonds. Set fifty years apart, in the 1920's and 1970's, Wonderstruck is a tender and nostaligic study of two children trying to find their place in the world, weaved with mesmerising symmetry of the two eras and a enchanting soundtrack from Carter Burwell.

• The Velvet Underground (2021) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/12/2022) from £28.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York's 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. In his kaleidoscopic documentary The Velvet Underground, TODD HAYNES (Velvet Goldmine) vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries LOU REED and JOHN CALE, ANDY WARHOL's fabled Factory, and the explosive tension between pop and the avant-garde that propelled the group and ultimately consumed it. Never-before-seen performances, interviews, rare recordings, and mind-blowing transmissions from the era's avant-garde cinema scene come together in an ecstatic swirl of sound and image that is to the traditional music documentary what the Velvets were to rock: utterly revolutionary. Product Features New 4K digital master, approved by director Todd Haynes and cinematographer Ed Lachman, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack Audio commentary featuring Haynes and editors Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz Outtakes of interviews shot for the film with musicians John Cale, Jonathan Richman, and Maureen Tucker; filmmaker Jonas Mekas; and actor Mary Woronov Conversation from 2021 among Haynes, Cale, and Tucker Complete versions of some of the avant-garde films excerpted in the movie, including Piero Heliczer's Venus in Furs (1965) Teaser English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Optional annotated subtitle track that identifies the avant-garde films seen in the movie PLUS: A 2021 essay by critic Greil Marcus

• Wonderstruck | DVD | (30/07/2018) from £5.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From visionary director of Far From Heaven and Carol, (based on the critically acclaimed book by Brian Selznick), Wonderstruck stars long-time Haynes collaborator Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and newcomers Oakes Fegley and Millicient Simmonds. Set fifty years apart, in the 1920's and 1970's, Wonderstruck is a tender and nostaligic study of two children trying to find their place in the world, weaved with mesmerising symmetry of the two eras and a enchanting soundtrack from Carter Burwell.

• Mildred Pierce (HBO) | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  She gave her daughter everything. But everything was not enough. HBO's new miniseries Mildred Pierce brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class. Starring Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and co-written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood) as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon (Guy Pearce) and ex-husband Bert Pierce (Brian F. O'Byrne).

• Carol | Blu Ray | (21/03/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  New York 1952. Carol is elegant, sophisticated, wealthy and married. Therese is just starting out in life; unsure of who she wants to be. A chance encounter in a Manhattan department store sparks an extraordinary friendship between these two women. Carol is caught in a bitter divorce and a custody battle for her daughter, but finds herself mesmerised by this mysterious, quiet beauty. Finding herself alone on Christmas Day, Carol invites Therese to escape on a spontaneous road trip into the heartland of America. It is during this magical journey that the two fall hopelessly and desperately in love. But this is 1952 and Carol is risking everything for this relationship that defies society's conventions. Based on the best-selling novel by Patricia Highsmith, author of ˜Strangers on a Train' and ˜The Talented Mr Ripley', Carol is a powerful romance fuelled by the suspense, danger and exhilaration of forbidden love.

• Mildred Pierce (HBO) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  She gave her daughter everything. But everything was not enough. HBO's new miniseries Mildred Pierce brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class. Starring Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and co-written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood) as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon (Guy Pearce) and ex-husband Bert Pierce (Brian F. O'Byrne).

• Safe | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A typically bored affluent Californian housewife's world of domestic oblivion careers off its axis when she develops a mystery illness that puts her at odds with every aspect of the world around her - cars dry cleaners hair perms and even the new couch! Gradually she develops nosebleeds vomiting and breathing problems and finally collapses. In a desperate search for what is 'safe' she opts for virtual isolation in a porcelain igloo in the Texas desert where the inhabitants drag round oxygen cylinders and the therapists act like evangelical preachers. Injected with horror comic touches and psychological suspense Safe is a visionary tale of the future. Has Carol brought her sickness upon herself or is she made vulnerable by a world that is more dangerous than we or she understands?

• Velvet Goldmine | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Somewhat misleadingly described by many as a mock-biopic based on the life of David Bowie, Velvet Goldmine is so much more than that. Journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) who sets out to discover whatever happened to Ziggy Stardust-like Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), the famous bisexual glam star who crashed and burned spectacularly, but in the process helped Arthur awaken his own sexuality. It's an insane homage to 1970s glam rock in the UK as only American, who knew the movement from a distance, would make; it's a tribute to film director Nicolas Roeg's best work, particularly Performance and the Bowie-vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth; it's a sci-fi movie about an alternative reality (the film's "present" is a 1984 that never existed and frustratingly never clearly explained); it's a queer Citizen Kane with lashings of eye-glitter, a complete mess, an absolute delight and a chance to see Ewan McGregor naked in case you didn't catch him in The Pillow Book as the Iggy Pop-like Curt Wild, Slade's lover/protégé.Director Todd Haynes, who made the incredibly spare Safe and a biopic about Karen Carpenter with Barbie dolls, crams in everything--including the kitchen sink, all the washing-up and half the larder--as if terrified he'll never get another chance to shoot even a commercial again. The pacing drags like catwalk-queen's glittery taffeta train at times, but then glorious swooping musical numbers and clever bits of allusive business arrive that will brighten the day of many a pop-fan and film-buff. Never anything less than ruthlessly inventive and demanding of patience and an open mind, it's one for connoisseurs. Viewers who prefer easy-viewing eye candy are well advised to stick with fluff like Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. --Leslie Felperin

• Safe | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A typically bored affluent Californian housewife's world of domestic oblivion careers off its axis when she develops a mystery illness that puts her at odds with every aspect of the world around her - cars dry cleaners hair perms and even the new couch! Gradually she develops nosebleeds vomiting and breathing problems and finally collapses. In a desperate search for what is 'safe' she opts for virtual isolation in a porcelain igloo in the Texas desert where the inhabitants drag round oxygen cylinders and the therapists act like evangelical preachers. Injected with horror comic touches and psychological suspense Safe is a visionary tale of the future. Has Carol brought her sickness upon herself or is she made vulnerable by a world that is more dangerous than we or she understands?

• Poison/Dottie Gets Spanked | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Poison (1991): The compelling and imaginative debut feature from Oscar nominated writer/director Todd Haynes and winner of Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival Poison intricately interweaves three provocative and very distinct stories. In 'Hero' a young boy goes missing after killing his abusive father and then flying out of the window of his suburban home. The 'Horror' segment takes the form of a 50's B Horror Movie. Scientist Dr. Graves has managed to isolate and distill the essence of the human sex drive into a serum. After drinking it he transforms into a lethally infectious grotesque mutant. 'Homo' portrays the cruel obsessive love felt by an imprisoned thief for an inmate he first met as a child at reform school. Dottie Gets Spanked (1993): A brilliant assured short film from Haynes Dottie Gets Spanked offers an innovative glimpse of a future-talent unfolding. The story follows six-year old Stephen and his fixation with campy television comedienne Dottie. During his visit on set Stephen finds the scenes being filmed to reflect his deepest secrets and dreams.