The trailer for Todd Haynes' 1995 follow-up to his feature debut, queer New Wave indie classic Poison, makes the potential ticket buyer think they’re getting a sci-fi alien invasion thriller in which only California housewife Carol White (Julianne Moore) can see the threat. What they got was far more enigmatic and unnerving, with White becoming the embodiment of ecological collapse and embracing increasingly hokey treatments when no one wants to tackle the real issues. – Richard Whittaker
