Friday, Nov. 24, 2023

Editor Affonso Goncalves earned his first ACE Eddie Award nomination in 2012 for Mildred Pierce, the acclaimed HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes. Goncalves’ third and most recent Eddie nod came last year for Haynes’ first documentary, The Velvet Underground. In-between...

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023

There is hardly a false note in " May December, " an audaciously self-aware, mischievously funny and emotionally complex drama that defies simple categorization.

Filmmaker Todd Haynes, working from a script by newcomer Samy Burch, deftly mixes cheesy movie of the week tropes with the...

Tuesday, Jul. 11, 2023

The 61st New York Film Festival will kick off with Todd Haynes' "May December," a juicy drama starring Natalie Portman as an actor preparing for a film about a years-ago tabloid scandal.

Film at Lincoln Center, which puts on the New York Film Festival, announced Tuesday that "May December...

Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

In Todd Haynes' tonally shape-shifting "May December," the first announcement of the movie's playful intentions comes with a theatrical zoom in, a few lushly melodramatic piano notes and the frightful announcement that there no more hot dogs in the fridge.

That moment — which Haynes says...

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021

As a young man starting college, director Todd Haynes fell immediately for the Velvet Underground — the band which, musician Brian Eno famously said, didn't sell many records, but everyone who bought one went and started a band.

It sounds like the storyline of a great fictional music film...

Saturday, Jul. 10, 2021

The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno's quip that the band didn't sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band. 

You won't hear that line in Todd Haynes' documentary "The Velvet Underground," nor will you see a montage of famous...

Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020

Collaborative waters run deep for director Todd Haynes, cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, and editor Affonso Goncalves, ACE. Lachman’s working relationship with Haynes dates back to the 2002 release Far from Heaven. Lachman earned Academy Award nominations both for that film and for...

Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019

Todd Haynes' "Dark Waters," about the prolonged (and ongoing) legal fight to uncover the environmental damage of cancer-inducing "forever chemicals" and hold their corporate makers accountable, is a sober and ominous docudrama. On its surface, it's an unspectacular one. Its lead character, a...

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019

Mark Ruffalo learned about corporate attorney Rob Bilott, who for 20 years battled DuPont to expose the harmful effects of the chemical PFOA, along with most of the country: In 2016 through an article in The New York Times Magazine.

A cold call from a West Virginia farmer in 1998 who...

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017

Ed Lachman, ASC, has seen his ongoing collaborative relationship with director Todd Haynes yield myriad artistic dividends, including critical acclaim and industry honors for such features as Far From Heaven and Carol, as well as the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce....

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