Gay writer-director Todd Haynes pays worthy homage to the 1950s melodramas of Douglas Sirk. Julianne Moore is exquisite as a suburban housewife whose life is upended when she discovers her husband (Dennis Quaid) is gay, and she finds herself attracted to a black gardener (Dennis Haysbert). Haynes does it all in the lush Sirk style, while addressing issues that stayed under the radar of 50s films.
Part of The Sal Lumsden Archive Project (SLAP) Film Club. A way to treasure the lives and history of all LGBT people in the North East. For more information visit http://slap.foundation/.
