It’s been 20 years since Todd Haynes’ richly structured indie drama “Poison” won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Finding aching inspiration in French author Jean Genet, B-horror flicks and TV-style documentaries, Haynes took on theories of homosexuality, as well as addressing the AIDS crisis, making “Poison” one of a handful of bold films that encouraged critic B. Ruby Rich to dub “the New Queer Cinema.”
At 2 p.m. Saturday, the Denver Film Society will screen a fresh, 20th-anniversary print of the disquieting, lush “Poison” as part of its Cinema Q Film Festival.
Other noteworthy works among the films showing this weekend:
“3.” Directed by “Run Lola Run” filmmaker Tom Twyker, set in Berlin, the romantic drama might be called “When Hannah and Simon met Adam.” (Sunday, 7 p.m.)
“We Were Here.” David Wiessman’s spare yet moving documentary is told by those who survived the early plague years in San Francisco (Today, 7 p.m.)
“Spork.” This festival-circuit sprite is about a hermaphrodite outcast struggling through junior high (Saturday, 9:30 p.m.)
At the Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax, 2510 E. Colfax. . 303-820-3456
Lisa Kennedy
