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Todd Haynes

Dec 1 — Dec 31, 2023

Todd Haynes has been a cornerstone of the American independent film world since the early 1990s and remains one of the groundbreaking artists of our time. In films such as Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far from Heaven (2002), Carol (2015), and his latest, May December (2023), Haynes refracts queer cultural and social history through an artist’s lens, creating indelible films of an extraordinarily tactile nature. MoMI celebrates Haynes’s incomparable career with a complete retrospective of his films. From the 1980s to the 2020s, from music videos to television series, from early shorts and breakthrough features such as Dottie Gets Spanked and Poison, to recent films such as Wonderstruck and The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes has consistently pursued his own path, taking on projects that few filmmakers would dare attempt, both utilizing and subverting storytelling conventions. Haynes to appear in person at special screenings.

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MoMI’s celebration of Todd Haynes in December includes the new exhibit Reflected Forms: Story and Character in the Films of Todd Haynes, the new exclusive MoMI book Todd Haynes: Rapturous Process, and on December 4th the 2023 Moving Image Awards honoring the director with a Career Achievement Award.

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Past Films in Series

a young boy holds a guitar and sings while sitting in a living room

I’m Not There
A man in a white dress shirt stands in a warehouse full of file folders

Dark Waters
A masked figure in a white, stripe shirt and white pants walks across a vast mountainous landscape

Safe
A woman with coiffed hair and a red scarf sits at a restaurant and gazes lovingly across a table toward camera

Carol
A woman in a red coat and purple scarf tied around her hair waves sadly on a train platform

Far from Heaven
A woman with coiffed hair and a red scarf sits at a restaurant and gazes lovingly across a table toward camera

Carol
A man in sunglasses holds a guitar sitting outside

The Velvet Underground
A glam rock star in spangled suit reclines on a couch

Velvet Goldmine
A man in a white dress shirt stands in a warehouse full of file folders

Dark Waters
A man surrounded by floating flower petals against a blue sky

Poison
a young boy holds a guitar and sings while sitting in a living room

I’m Not There
A woman in 1930s dress sits in the window of a diner looking out

Mildred Pierce
A glam rock star in spangled suit reclines on a couch

Velvet Goldmine
A man in sunglasses holds a guitar sitting outside

The Velvet Underground
Three men in old-fashioned clothes sit at a table smoking pipes

Early Works by Todd Haynes
A young girl holding a suitcase has stepped off a train and looks up with hope and excitement in a black and white photo

Wonderstruck
A young girl holding a suitcase has stepped off a train and looks up with hope and excitement in a black and white photo

Wonderstruck
A woman with coiffed hair and a red scarf sits at a restaurant and gazes lovingly across a table toward camera

Carol
A woman in a red coat and purple scarf tied around her hair waves sadly on a train platform

Far from Heaven
A silhouette of a man in a nightclub holding a microphone

Six by Sondheim
A masked figure in a white, stripe shirt and white pants walks across a vast mountainous landscape

Safe
Two women look in a mirror, one holding makeup, one holding a pad of paper

May December—with Todd Haynes in Person
A man surrounded by floating flower petals against a blue sky

Poison
A black and white shot of a man and woman on a sitcom set fighting

Dottie Gets Spanked and Other Films
Three men in old-fashioned clothes sit at a table smoking pipes

Early Works by Todd Haynes