Modern Cinema
Sparks on Celluloid: Haynes + Vachon
October 12–29, 2017
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon have been working together since Poison, her first feature as producer and his first as director. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1991 as well as a Teddy, the official queer award of the Berlin Film Festival. Dennis Lim has cited the film in The New York Times as “the inciting spark” for what came to be known as the New Queer Cinema. Vachon and Haynes’s partnership has continued and flourished through theatrical and television features as well as music videos and documentary work, including their latest, Wonderstruck, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Explore the full range of their fruitful collaboration and the gems that inspired this landmark team.
Film Schedule
https://www.sfmoma.org/event/series/modern-cinema-haynes-vachon/
Thursday, October 12
Poison at 6pm
Todd Haynes, 1991
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession at 8:15pm
Nicolas Roeg, 1980
Friday, October 13
Performance at 6pm
Donald Cammell + Nicolas Roeg, 1970
Velvet Goldmine at 8:30pm
Todd Haynes, 1998
Saturday, October 14
Safe at 12:30pm
Todd Haynes, 1995
Two or Three Things I Know About Her at 3:30pm
Jean-Luc Godard, 1967
Shorts by Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon at 6pm
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls at 9pm
Russ Meyer, 1970
Sunday, October 15
Oliver! at 1pm
Carol Reed, 1968
The Hours and Times at 4:30pm
Christopher Münch, 1991
Parting Glances at 6:30pm
Bill Sherwood, 1986
Thursday, October 19
Sweetie at 7pm
Jane Campion, 1989
Friday, October 20
Mildred Pierce at 11am
Todd Haynes, 2011
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul at 6pm
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974
Far from Heaven at 8:30pm
Todd Haynes, 2002
Saturday, October 21
Cabaret at 2pm
Bob Fosse, 1972
Boys Don’t Cry at 5pm
Kimberly Peirce, 1999
I’m Not There at 8pm
Todd Haynes, 2007
Sunday, October 22
All that Heaven Allows at 1pm
Douglas Sirk, 1955
Wonderstruck at 3:30pm
Todd Haynes, 2017
Heavenly Creatures at 7pm
Peter Jackson, 1994
Thursday, October 26
All the President’s Men at 6pm
Alan J. Pakula, 1976
Alice’s Restaurant at 9pm
Arthur Penn, 1969
Friday, October 27
The Wrong Man at 6pm
Alfred Hitchcock, 1956
Strangers on a Train at 8:30pm
Alfred Hitchcock, 1951
Saturday, October 28
2001: A Space Odyssey at 1:30pm
Stanley Kubrick, 1968
Carol at 5pm
Todd Haynes, 2015
Lola at 8pm
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981
Sunday, October 29
The Go-Between at 2pm
Joseph Losey, 1971
The Night of the Hunter at 5pm
Charles Laughton, 1955
Modern Cinema, co-presented by SFMOMA and SFFILM, is an ongoing film series exploring the dynamic forces interacting between cinema's past and present.
Modern Cinema’s Founding Supporters are Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein. Generous support is provided by James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen, Nion McEvoy, and the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.