ARKANSAS TIMES FILM SERIES: ‘SAFE’

TUESDAY 9/16. Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. 7 P.M. $12-$14.

Todd Haynes’ 1995 film “Safe” sees suburban housewife Carol White (Julianne Moore) begin to suffer the effect of a mysterious illness for which no doctor can find an explanation. Carol eventually decides that the cause of her malady is the very environment itself; only by escaping the trappings of her life can she restore her health and find some peace. She retreats to a wellness community in the New Mexico desert, but it’s not clear if she’s actually getting better. In an essay for the Criterion Collection, writer Dennis Lim described “Safe” as “an existential horror movie in which the monster is both all around us and nowhere to be seen.” Speaking at Cannes the year the movie premiered, Haynes s

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