SAFE (1995)
Special Features: 30th Anniversary
“Are you allergic to the 20th century?” Julianne Moore plays a housewife and mother in the San Fernando Valley who finds her life of quiet comfort suddenly and strangely interrupted by an ill-defined malady. She is depressed, listless and distracted, and increasingly experiences allergic reactions, but to what, exactly, her doctor cannot say. Filmmaker Todd Haynes masterfully controls the atmosphere of creeping dread beneath the complacent surfaces of suburbia, while Moore gives a sensitive and sympathetic portrayal of a woman at loose ends, seduced by strange promises of new possibilities. SAFE was released to critical acclaim, in particular for Haynes’ direction and script and Moore’s performance; a Village Voice poll dubbed it the “best film of the 1990s” and the film was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize – Special Mention at the 1996 Rotterdam Film Festival. DIR/SCR Todd Haynes; PROD Christine Vachon, Lauren Zalaznick. UK/U.S., 1995, color, 119 min. RATED R
Run Time: 119 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
Genre: Drama
