Top 10 Parker Posey Movies

Who embodies New York indie cinema more than actress Parker Posey?? She's considered to be the Queen of independent cinema, however she's crossed-over a few times to mainstream to get a bigger paycheck. Hey it doesn't hurt. It seems like almost every indie film that has come out in the last 10 years has Parker in it. I remember 8 years ago when I used to work at a video store there was this one guy who rented all of these films that starred Parker Posey. I didn't quite know who she was back then and he insisted I rent some of her movies. I gotta say, I can see why the guy hada thing for her. She's one of the best and yet most underrated actresses in Hollywood. But we love her and want to pay homage to our IndieSeen Favorite!!

Here is our list (both mainstream and independent) of our favorite Parker Posey films!!

10. Superman Returns - This movie sucked major monster's balls. However, thanks to the scene stealing performances of Parker Posey and Kevin Spacey, I acutally kept my eyes open while watching this craptacular flick!

9. Scream 3 - The last installment on this horror trilogy was a hilarious train wreck. We can't say much about the quality of the film's plot or ragged performances, but Posey posing as Gale Weathers was definitely a treat! Posey played it so well we would have been better off having her play the original Gale Weathers

Fast forward to 2:40 see Parker in all her glory

8. SubUrbia - Linklater's signature classic about losers and burnouts features five teens who have nothing else better to do with their lives. However a mutual friend becomes a successful rock star and his manager is Erica played by Posey. Erica is obnoxious, stuck up, and pretentious...just like we like our Parker!

7. The Oh in Ohio - Posey plays a woman who is orgasmically-challenged. Uh..I just made that term up. But basically she can't climax and need some serious help! Uuuuuhhhhaaahhhh!

6. A Mighty Wind - What better way to enjoy a movie night than to watch a folk song mockumentary? Posey is by far the best when it comes to the Christopher Guest improvisational flicks!

Parker Posey is not featured in this clip

5. Best In Show - Here's another one for ya. This anal-retentive A personality dog owner will do everything it takes to make sure her puppy is the winner! A sure fire winner!

4. Clockwatchers - Working as a temp at a shitty job never seemed so adventerous as it does in this Posey classic.

3. The House Of Yes - In the film she plays a woman who is obsessed and thinks she is Jackie Kennedy and has a creepy “incestuous-like” relationship with her brother Marty who brings his fiancée with him to visit the family. It’s a fun dysfunctional family type flick.

2. Waiting For Guffman - A hilarious comedy about a small town who puts on a pageant, despite the residents lack of theatrical or stage performance experience. Again...Posey kills it in another mockumentary classic

1. Party Girl - After getting in trouble with the law, Posey ends up having to work as a librarian for her godmother to pay her back for bailing her out. Posey is a New York night life scenester at heart and has to wrestle with her burning desires to drug, drink, and be fabulous and her godmother's constant finger waving dissaproval.

Indie Pick O' The Day: subUrbia

The opening shot of this film reminds me of my hometown. Haphazard shots of shopping malls, parking lots, convenience stores, newly constructed townhomes, and just....land and space. Don't get much of that up here...

Anyways, Richard Linklater once again creates a film about teenage slackers unsure of who they are and what their purposes are in life. They find themselves hanging out in parking lots talking about trivial and mundane topics. On the same night, their friend, the only successful one out of the group who is now a rock star, has returned to his hometown to revisit his old surroundings.

The friends decide to hang out and talk about inane subjects, while realizing that they've been wasting their lives away doing nothing. This film has great character and story. I don't know if its a good thing or bad thing, but I can totally relate to all of the slackers in this movie.

subUrbia was actually adapted from a staged play, which you can kinda tell because the film is most set in front of a convenience store. The owner of the store was the guy in Office Space...remember Samir? Well anyways there are a lot of well known indie actors in this flick. There's of course Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt (who always plays such an asshole, but I hear is a really nice guy), Steve Zahn, and our IndieSeen favorite Parker Posey. The message behind this film is about really what are our purposes in life? What were we made for on this planet? What the hell do we plan to do with our lives?

SEEN O' The Day: Best In Show

The hilarious queen of indie cinema Miss Parker Posey is cracks me up in this scene. This is one of the best of the Christopher Guest mocumentaries Best In Show.

IndieSeen Favorite: Parker Posey

Love her or hate her Parker Posey is the queen of independent cinema. She has appeared in over 40 different indie films and counting. She has this quirky, eccentric attitude that she brings to a lot of the characters in the roles she play. Sometimes her characters annoy the hell out of you. Sometimes you wish you could BE her character. Either way, we love Parker because she supports indie cinema and is the reason why countless numbers of individuals watch and uphold all that is indie!

The first notable appearance she made on film was in the Richard Linklater classic Dazed and Confused. However I fell for Parker when she appeared as the girl who takes on New York City in the indie cult classic Party Girl. Who didn’t want to be her in that film? We all admire to some

capacity being the popular player and the life of the party. She embodied all this is cool is this flick. She went on to star in other indie hits such as Sleep With Me and Gregg Araki’s androgynous sexual film Doom Generation.

Then for the first time Parker teamed up with Christopher Guest. She starred in the 1996 mockumentary Waiting For Guffman. A hilarious comedy about a small town who puts on a pageant, despite the residents lack of theatrical or stage performance experience. Posey proved to all of us that she is amazing to watch with a minimal amount of script dialogue to adhere to, for Guest is known for using mainly improv in his mockumentaries.

The House Of Yes is another personal favorite of mine. In the film she plays a woman who is obsessed and thinks she is Jackie Kennedy and has a creepy

“incestuous-like” relationship with her brother Marty who brings his fiancée with him to visit the family. It’s a fun dysfunctional family type flick. And no one can play dysfunctional behavior better than Parker Posey. I also really liked her in Clockwatchers which explores the lives of four temps who are tired of their white collar office job.

I could go on and on about countless films that she had been in that I adored. She recently was seen in Superman Returns as Kitty and her character I must say was really the only interesting character to watch during that entire film. If it were not for Parker Posey, I probably would have fallen asleep.

She can frequently be spotted here in Manhattan. She’s often seen hanging out in Union Square and spotted shopping at the Whole Foods Store in that area. We suspect she has an apartment down there. She is currently filming the Chinese thriller remake of The Eye which is about a girl who is recently cured of her blindness, can now see images of the supernatural.

Indie pick 'O' the day: Party Girl

I know, I know, its typical.. obvious even.

When you think of the "New York indie" you think of this movie.

Well at least thats what I think of when i think "Ny Indie", that and a strung out heroin addict in the middle of a dark alley ( but thats my own can of worms I gotta deal with). Actually You probably think of something completly different, maybe Kids, Annie Hall, who knows. In any event this should be the second thing you think of, or third.....at least top 15 !

This is the movie that made Parker Posey the indie darling that she is, and introduced us to her scattered and endearing acting style.

released in 1995 and becoming the first film ever to be shown in its entirity on the Internet.

Party Girl, just ooozes that indie spirit, character driven with a sense of low budget underground hipness. Daisy Von Scherler Mayer directs and smartly just seems to let Parker posey charm her way through the whole movie.

The film revolves around Parkers character ( Mary) who after getting in trouble with the law, ends up having to work as a librarian for her god-mother to pay her back for bailing her out. Mary is a new york night life scenester at heart and has to wrestle with her burning desires to drug, drink, and be fabulous and her godmothers constant finger waving dissaproval.

Parker is joined by Guillemero diaz as aspiring Dj Leo and Omar townsend as Mustafar the hot lebanese sluvaki vendor all addding solid performances.

so get into that NY spirit and check this one out.

P.s. did anybody ever see the short lived TV show spinoff of this movie that starred the girl who played Marsha in the Brady Bunch movies?, how much did that show rock! it was adorable. who do I have to blow around here to get that one released on DVD?

SEEN In NYC

Taye Diggs lookin hot was seen at Ludlow between Rivington and Stanton. We wonder if he's still torn up about "Daybreak"?










Halle Berry was at Prince and Mercer St. She was with her fine-ass-Verasce-model-babidaddy-wannabee boyfriend.







David Schwimmer at 119 Sullivan St chillin in SoHo with a blonde girl. No one seemed to notice him.












Spike Lee at 8th Ave and W 33rd St. He was at Borders with his son. They almost appeared to be the same height.












Parker Posey near E 12th and 3rd Ave. We hear she lives somewhere in Union Square. She looked fabulous this time and not all frazzled looking as usual.




NYIndieSeen staffer caught a D-lister...







John Norris from MTV News. Does this guy still do the news? Well J. saw John in Chelsea at 18th St and 8th Ave asking for directions to ANY happy hour bars in the area. He stated, "I don't know of any bars around here, I don't live in Chelsea". However, other NYIndieSeen staffers have seen him in the area before...apparently looking for man candy.