If you loved Velvet Goldmine, try Poison
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Poison has roughly 5.9× fewer votes than Velvet Goldmine — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Todd Haynes, and they both carry the surreal mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Velvet Goldmine, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Poison is
A 1950s kitchen. A radio murmurs news of polio. A boy’s father lies unconscious on the floor. Three stories spiral: a suburban father tries to kill his son, a scientist’s experiment scatters a disfiguring plague, two prisoners burn through their last days. A Haynes fever dream, coiled tight as a vacuum-sealed jar.
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