The American Film Institute's Silver Theatre launches a retrospective of gay filmmaker Todd Haynes with a new 35mm print celebrating the 20th anniversary of Poison, inspired by the transgressive tales of Jean Genet. The director's first feature-length film, Poison is provocative (for its time), highly stylized, and is ultimately marked by a grimy despondency. The film deals mainly with sex ... [Read]

In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of Jaws, the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre screens the original summer blockbuster from Steven Spielberg. It's the movie that put the director on the map -- but, honestly, he has editor Verna Fields to thank, since the fear Jaws incites is all in the editing (it certainly isn't in the rubbery mechanical shark). ... [Read]