This week it’s all about mental and physical well-being with Todd Haynes’ Safe (1995.) From wiki: “Safe is a 1995 American psychological horror film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore. Set in 1987, it follows a suburban housewife in Los Angeles whose monotonous life is abruptly changed when she becomes sick with a mysterious illness caused by the environment around her.”

But also, the coldness of Los Angeles, mental health, self-help, Night Swim and the problem with sentimental slashers, Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, identity politics, pandemics, Last Night in Soho, Black Christmas, Iron Claw, and more!

NEXT WEEK: The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

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