3 Needles 2005  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Tanabadee Chokpikultong, Sook-Yin Lee, Isabelle Cyr, Gary Farmer, Thierry Fargeau, Jessie Gabe
Three stories offer different perspectives on the AIDS crisis. In the first, Lucy Liu takes on the role of black-marketer Jin Ping who jeopardizes a village when she pretends to be a representative of the Provincial Health Office and sanctions an unsanitary drawing of villagers' blood. In the second story, HIV-positive porn star Denys (Shawn Ashmore) uses his own father's blood for required blood tests by his production company. In the final entry, a young nun, Sister Clara (Chloe Sevigny), works with missionaries (Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh) and makes personal sacrifices for the good of her village.
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 American Psycho 2000  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Matt Ross
Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 satirical novel about the lack of morality on Wall Street in the 1980s features Christian Bale as the young Yuppie who goes to work and, apparently, does nothing but watch TV, make dinner reservations, and listen to pop ballads. It is the nighttime scene at which he excels: macabre acts of sex, violence, and murder.
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Boys Don't Cry 1999 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland, Alicia Goranson, Matt McGrath, Rob Campbell, Jeanetta Arnette, Cheyenne Rushing, Robert Prentiss, Josh Ridgway, Jerry Haynes
This is a fictionalized account of the true facts behind the story of Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank), a woman living as a man and having the courage to be who he thought he was. At the age of 21, he was the object of an intensely brutal rape and murder, and Brandon's world came to an abrupt end. Brandon is also the subject of a 1997 documentary, "The Brandon Teena Story," which does a fine job of sticking with the truth in this tragedy. Hilary Swank won an Oscar for Best Actress and a nomination was received by Chloe Sevigny for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Broken Flowers 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Alexis Dziena, Chloe Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, Larry Fessenden, Pell James
Poor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has been dumped again by a girlfriend (Julie Delpy) and now has received a letter from a former lover who tells him that he has an 18-year-old son who is searching for him. With encouragement from his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don heads out on a cross-country trek bringing flowers to old girlfriends. The experience is filled with surprises as Don finally faces his past and, now, his future.
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Death of a Dynasty 2005  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Damon Dash
Cast: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Capone, Loon, Robert Stapleton, Rashida Jones, Stephanie Raye, Damon Dash, Charlene, Chloe Sevigny, Kari Wuhrer, Beanie Sigel, Lorraine Bracco
Ernest, but inept, David Katz (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) writes for hip-hop magazine "Mic Check" in this mockumentary, which allows David into the inner-circle of the magazine's staff (all play themselves). David believes a phony story and writes a gossip article that begins a battle within the company.
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Demonlover 2002 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloe Sevigny, Gina Gershon, Jean-Baptiste Malartre, Dominique Reymond, Edwin Gerard, Thomas M. Pollard, Julie Brochen, Abi Sakamoto, Jorgen Doering, Jean-Charles Dumay
Corporate espionage operates at full capacity when two companies vie for 3D porn from Japan.
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Dogville 2003 R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Harriet Andersson, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny, Jean-Marc Barr, James Caan, Blair Brown, Jeremy Davies, Ben Gazzara, Stellan Skarsgard
When a fugitive (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the village of Dogville in the Rocky Mountains, the mayor (Paul Bettany) convinces the citizens to hide her. It works for awhile–until police and gangsters arrive looking for her–and then the villagers turn on her. The symbolism of Americans accepting newcomers at first but exploiting them later prevails throughout this tale.
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Gummo 1997  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmony Korine
Cast: Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Chloe Sevigny, Linda Manz, Jacob Sewell, Darby Dougherty, Max Perlich, Carisa Glucksman, Wendall Carr, Ellen M. Smith
Bored teenagers Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) and Tummler (Nick Sutton) live in the depressed town of Xenia, Ohio where they use sex, glue sniffing, and murder to make their boring lives more colorful.
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If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Perkins, Michelle Williams, Nia Long, Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny, Sharon Stone, Ellen DeGeneres
This made-for-TV drama covers the lesbian owners of a house at three different times: 1961, 1972, and 2000. The first episode is the best, telling of an older couple, Edith and Abby (Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes), and how Edith handles the death of her long-time mate.
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Julien Donkey-Boy 1999 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmony Korine
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Chloe Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Evan Neumann, Joyce Korine, Chrissy Kobylak, Alvin Law, Victor Varnado
Filmmaker Harmony Koring utilized the Dogma 95 ideal of restricting the use of sound, light, and props in this sordid tale of Julien (Ewen Bremner), a schizophrenic living at home with his bizarre family. His father (Warner Herzog) is sadistic, brother Chris (Evan Neumann) appears almost normal, while sister Pearl (Chloe Sevigny) is pregnant and carrying Julian's child. But somehow amidst the chaos, family members seem to understand each other.
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 The Last Days of Disco 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Whit Stillman
Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Mackenzie Astin, Chris Eigeman, Matt Keeslar, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Beals, Edoardo Ballerini, David Conrad, David Thornton
Disco days are coming to an end, and the insecurity of Alice Kinnon (Chloe Sevigny) and the self-absorption of Charlotte Pingress (Kate Beckinsale) seem to epitomize the youth of their day: sheltered and parentally subsidized, but on the brink of new mature love and responsibility bringing a new meaning to their lives.
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 Manderlay 2005 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Michael Abiteboul, Lauren Bacall, Jeremy Davies, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoffrey Bateman, Rik Launspach
In 1933, while traveling through Alabama with her father (Willem Dafoe) and his gangster cohorts, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers the remains of the Manderlay plantation and finds a group of Black people who appear to be living as slaves from the past with White masters ruling them. The White matriarch (Lauren Bacall) dies, and, after arguing with her father, Grace stays behind to help with the transition from slavery to freedom.
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A Map of the World 1999 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Elliott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Chloe Sevigny, Louise Fletcher, Ron Lea, Sara Rue, Aunjanue Ellis, Nicole Ari Parker
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a stressed-out mother and school nurse. She has good reason for her problems: one day after agreeing to take care of her best friend's (Julianne Moore) daughter, the child drowned. Add to this the accusation of abuse brought by one of the students. And, as if that isn't enough, Alice ends up in a jail cell–hated by prison mates and ex-friends as well.
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Melinda and Melinda 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooke Smith, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Josh Brolin, Daniel Sunjata
As the film skips between the two versions, playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) take different approaches–one comedy, one tragedy–in telling the story of Melinda (Radha Mitchell) and her efforts to straighten out her life.
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Mrs. Harris 2005 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Phyllis Nagy
Cast: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher, Lawrence O'Donnell, Cloris Leachman, Frank Whaley, Bill Smitrovich, Chloe Sevigny, Michael Gross, Brett Butler, Lee Garlington, Ellen Burstyn, Ronald Guttman, John Rubinstein
In this made-for-TV film, based on the true story of the murder of Diet Dr. Herman Tarnower, the world-renowned creator of the Scarsdale Diet, Ben Kingsley takes on the role of Dr. Tarnower. Annette Bening plays Mrs. Jean Harris, the lover scorned after their 14-year affair, who shot and killed Tarnower.
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Palmetto 1998 R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Michael Rapaport, Chloe Sevigny, Rolf Hoppe, Angela Featherstone, Tom Wright, Marc Macaulay, Joe Hickey
This film misses the boat on editing as well as casting (Woody Harrelson is wrong, wrong, wrong for his role). But the story is good–newly released from prison, Harry Barber (Woody Harrelson) eagerly accepts the chance for a quick buck when Rhea Malroux (Elisabeth Shue) offers him $50,000 to participate in a trumped-up kidnapping. But events don't go according to plan.
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Party Monster 2003 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Wilmer Valderrama, Wilson Cruz, Justin Hagan, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott, Marilyn Manson, Mia Kirshner, John Stamos
During the 1980s and 1990s Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin) was a very successful Club Kid party organizer who lived life in the fast lane–until he boasted on a TV talk show that he had killed his drug dealer, Angel Melendez (Wilson Cruz). Later, when Angel's body washed ashore, Alig was arrested, charged with murder, and sentenced to prison. A gruesome, true story.
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 Shattered Glass 2003 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Ray
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, Melanie Lynskey, Steve Zahn, Rosario Dawson, Hank Azaria, Luke Kirby, Jamie Elman, Mark Blum, Chad Donella, Russell Yuen
Based on the true story of the 1990s' Washington, D.C. journalist, Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), this drama tells of his career's meteoric rise and then steep fall when Glass was caught fabricating stories, sources, and quotes for his magazine, "The New Republic."
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Trees Lounge 1996  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, Chloe Sevigny, Michael Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elizabeth Bracco, Daniel Baldwin, Carol Kane, Samuel L. Jackson
Tommy Basilio (Steve Buscemi) is an unemployed mechanic who spends much of his waking hours in a bar, the Trees Lounge, on Long Island. Although a comedy, this film provides great insight into the world of alcoholism as the ensemble cast presents a portrait of blue-collar problems with the society in which they live.
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 Zodiac 2007 R, 156 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Richmond Arquette, Bob Stephenson, John Lacy, Chloe Sevigny, Ed Setrakian, John Getz, John Terry, Candy Clark, Elias Koteas
This film presents a fictionalized account of the true story about the Zodiac serial killer who stalked the San Francisco Bay area during the 1970s. Police investigators and newspaper reporters become obsessed with tracking down clues–all of which turn out to be red herrings in this still-unsolved series of murders.
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| 1. 3 Needles (2005)
2. American Psycho (2000)
3. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
4. Broken Flowers (2005)
5. The Brown Bunny (2003)
6. Death of a Dynasty (2005)
7. Demonlover (2002)
8. Dogville (2003)
9. Gummo (1997)
10. If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
11. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
12. Kids (1995)
13. The Last Days of Disco (1998)
14. Manderlay (2005)
15. A Map of the World (1999)
16. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
17. Mrs. Harris (2005)
18. Palmetto (1998)
19. Party Monster (2003)
20. Shattered Glass (2003)
21. Trees Lounge (1996)
22. Zodiac (2007)
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