The Anniversary Party 2001  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Cast: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, Jane Adams, John C. Reilly, John Benjamin Hickey, Parker Posey, Denis O'Hare
Joe and Sally Therrian (Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh) have reunited after a year's separation–just in time for their sixth wedding anniversary. Friends are invited to their home and presents exchanged, but when the drug Ecstasy is passed around the party takes a dreadful turn.
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Basquiat 1996  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Parker Posey
This is the biography of the young American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) who began as a graffiti artist and soared to fame in the 1980s (due, in part, to the sponsorship of Andy Warhol) and was dead from a heroin overdose at the age of 28.
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 Best in Show 2000  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Patrick Cranshaw, Jennifer Coolidge, Bob Balaban
This mockumentary, set at Philadelphia's annual Mayflower Dog Show, centers on anxious owners and their coddled pets. The actors were handed a script but encouraged to improvise as the film was shot. The result is a very funny movie.
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 Blade: Trinity 2004  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Horror
Director: David S. Goyer
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Mark Berry, John Michael Higgins, Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Michael Levesque, Paul Anthony, Francoise Yip
Vampire hunter Blade (Wesley Snipes) joins forces with the Nightstalkers, and, together, they fight Dracula (Dominic Purcell) who has been brought back from his undead state and renamed "Drake" in an effort to get rid of Blade once and for all.
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Broken English 2007  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Cast: Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo, Tim Guinee, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Roy Thinnes, Michael Panes, Justin Theroux, Philip Pavel, Melvil Poupaud, Dana Ivey, Bill Wise, Josh Hamilton, Griffin Dunne, Lucy Gordon
Having forsaken the art world for her job as guest-coordinator at a Manhattan hotel and lacking a love life, overly cautious Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) is not living the "good life." It doesn't help that her mother (Gena Rowlands) never misses the chance to point out that Nora is now in her thirties and not in a solid relationship. Adding to her discontent is that her best friend Audrey (Drea de Matteo) just celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary with her adoring husband Mark (Tim Guinee)–but Audrey does question whether she is really in a "perfect marriage." Then Nora meets and falls for well-known French actor Julien (Melvil Poupaud) who asks her to go to France with him. Nora declines, but later, at Audrey's urging, Nora throws caution to the wind, and the two women fly to Paris in search of Julien. It turns out that Nora has lost Julien's phone number and he has a common name, which result in a search involving a more than a few humorous moments.
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Clockwatchers 1997 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jill Sprecher
Cast: Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach, Helen FitzGerald, Stanley DeSantis, Jamie Kennedy, Paul Dooley, Kevin Cooney, Bob Balaban
Four young women–Iris (Toni Collette), Margaret (Parker Posey), Paula (Lisa Kudrow), and Jane (Alanna Ubach)–work as office temps and enjoy their friendship UNTIL petty thefts occur in the office, and suspicions pervade the workplace.
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The Daytrippers 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Stephanie Venditto, Marc Grapey
Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a love note that she thinks shows her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) has been unfaithful. A chain of events results in Eliza's family cramming into the family station wagon and heading off to show Louis the incriminating note. The trip with its participants interacting in close proximity is the focus of this comedy.
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 Dazed and Confused 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Wiley Wiggins, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich
In a small Texas town during 1976, it is the last day of school. This film follows a group of teens on that special day and does a good job of reflecting the mood of that era. A new freshman class is coming in and is being hazed, the seniors are raising hell, and the day passes with a great musical background.
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The Doom Generation 1995  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, James Duval, Margaret Cho, Amanda Bearse, Lauren Tewes, Heidi Fleiss, Parker Posey
This film is a waste of time. It involves teens, with no apparent dreams for the future, who use obscenities in order to communicate.
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Drunks 1995 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Cohn
Cast: Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Dianne Wiest, Parker Posey, Amanda Plummer, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Spalding Gray, Liza Harris, George Martin, Sam Rockwell
Jim (Richard Lewis) falls off the wagon after his wife dies. Meanwhile, we watch and listen to the rest of his AA group's problems. This film does not do a service for AA efforts.
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The Event 2003  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Cast: Parker Posey, Don McKellar, Olympia Dukakis, Sarah Polley, Jane Leeves, Brent Carver, Joanna Adler, Rejean Cournoyer, Christina Zorich, Dick Latessa, Cynthia Preston, Gianna Marciante
AIDS patient Matt (Don McKellar) is found dead in his Chelsea apartment, and assistant D.A. Nicole "Nick" De Vivo (Parker Posey) is called on to investigate what looks like a suicide. Could it be that Matt participated in an Event: a farewell party that culminates in assisted suicide?
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The Eye 2008 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Cast: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin, Obba Babatunde, Danny Mora, Chloe Moretz, Brett Haworth, Kevin K., Tamlyn Tomita, Karen Austin
Concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) lost her sight when she was a young child in an accident that her sister Helen (Parker Posey) still blames herself for. Now, Sydney is given the chance to see again through double corneal transplant surgery, which, it turns out, leaves her with a new problem. Following her restoration surgery, Sydney is now experiencing ghostly shadows of dead people as well as people who are about to die. Her vision therapist, Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola), tries to help and tells her that she is just going through a transition stage. But, Sydney realizes that her troubles relate to her new eyes and that she must find the donor in order to uncover what secret visions those eyes have held if she is ever going to solve her current problems.
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Fay Grim 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina Lowensohn, Leo Fitzpatrick, Chuck Montgomery, Thomas Jay Ryan, D.J. Mendel, John Keogh, Claudia Michelsen, Nikolai Kinski
In this sequel to 1998's "Henry Fool," Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan) has been missing for seven years, and his wife Fay (Parker Posey) is having problems with their son, 14-year-old Ned (Liam Aiken). Meanwhile, Fay's brother Simon (James Urbaniak) has been serving time in prison for helping Henry escape the law, and Fay negotiates with CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) for Simon's release. She is given a mission in undercover work involving a trip to Paris to retrieve Henry's notebooks containing his autobiographical confessions. Fay leaves for Europe, joins forces with Bebe (Elina Lowensohn) while running into spies and assassins, and ends up in Turkey tracking down political terrorists. Now, Fay must sort out how much of this Henry has been involved in.
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Flirt 1995 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Bill Sage, Martin Donovan, Parker Posey, Dwight Ewell, Geno Lechner, Peter Fitz, Miho Nikaido, Kumiko Ishizuka, Chikako Hara
A lover flirts with two partners while trying to decide which one to love. This basic theme is used three times in three cities of New York, Berlin, and Tokyo in this somewhat successful experiment in storytelling.
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For Your Consideration 2006 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr., Jane Lynch, Jim Piddock, Rachael Harris
In this satire on movie hype, cameraman Simon Whitset (Jim Piddock) spots an online item that suggests actress Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) may win an Academy Award nomination for the movie he is filming. In a matter of days, rumors fly on the Internet that the movie Simon and Marilyn are working on is a masterpiece, and it doesn't take long before actors, crewmembers, executives, and media figures get caught up in the frenzy.
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 Frankenstein 2004 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg, Ivana Milicevic, Michael Madsen, Tom Nowicki, Gordon Catlin, Lauren Swinney, Ann Mahoney
New Orleans police detectives (Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg) investigate a series of murders that lead them to the home of mad scientist Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). Helios is the original Dr. Frankenstein and has kept himself alive these 200 years through genetic experiments. At first, the detectives suspect Helios' monster, Deucalion (Vincent Perez), but by story's end the villain turns out to be Helios.
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Henry Fool 1998 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter, James Saito, Kevin Corrigan, Liam Aiken, Miho Nikaido, Gene Ruffini, Nicholas Hope
Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan) is a novelist who befriends a garbage man (James Urbaniak). After being influenced by Henry, Simon writes poetry and wins the Nobel Prize for his work. As Simon rises to great heights, his benefactor falls so far from grace that, finally, Simon aids Henry in his escape from the law.
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 Josie and the Pussycats 2001 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Tom Butler, Breckin Meyer
Singer-guitarist Josie McCoy (Rachael Leigh Cook), bassist Valerie Brown (Rosario Dawson), and drummer Melody Valentine (Tara Reid) rise to pop superstardom as "Josie and the Pussycats." But with fame, problems arise in the form of manager Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming) who has his own sinister plans for his clients' popular music.
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Kicking and Screaming 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Josh Hamilton, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman, Parker Posey, Jason Wiles, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould, Cara Buono, Carlos Jacott, Catherine Kellner, John Lehr, Christopher Reed, Marissa Ribisi, Perrey Reeves, David Deluise
Five college friends (Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, Jason Wiles, and Carlos Jacott) hang around together after graduation–having not quite made it into the real world and resisting any moves toward finding jobs. Writer/director Noah Baumbach has written and delivered a good script that highlights the ironies of life as this group of young men lives it.
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 Laws of Attraction 2004 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Parker Posey, Michael Sheen, Frances Fisher, Nora Dunn, Johnny Myers, Mike Doyle, Annie Ryan, Vincent Marzello, Sara James, David Wilmot
Successful lawyers Daniel (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey (Julianne Moore) oppose each other in a divorce case involving rock star Thorne Jamison (Michael Sheen) and dress designer Serena (Parker Posey). Possession of the couple's Irish castle hangs in the balance. While visiting Ireland to check out the castle, Daniel and Audrey go to a party, get drunk, and get married. Now they must put on a public face of being happily married–not an easy feat.
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A Mighty Wind 2003 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Balaban, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Ed Begley Jr.
In this amusing mockumentary, 1960s' folksingers–represented by master improvisers–reunite for a memorial concert that is scheduled for public broadcasting.
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The OH in Ohio 2006 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Kent
Cast: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Mischa Barton, Miranda Bailey, Keith David, Liza Minnelli, Robert John Burke, Tim Russ, Fumi Desalu
Priscilla (Parker Posey lives the good life–except for the fact that her husband, high-school teacher Jack (Paul Rudd), has never been able to sexually satisfy her. The solution for Jack turns out to be an affair with student Kristen Taylor (Mischa Barton), and multiple partners, among whom Wayne the Pool Guy (Danny DeVito) proves the best for Priscilla.
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Personal Velocity 2002  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rebecca Miller
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, David Warshofsky, Leo Fitzpatrick, Tim Guinee, Wallace Shawn, Lou Taylor Pucci, Mara Hobel, John Ventimiglia
This powerful drama, composed of three stories, reveals how three women–Delia (Kyra Sedgwick), Greta (Parker Posey), and Paula (Fairuza Balk)–escape from their individual emotional prisons.
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 Scream 3 2000 R, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Deon Richmond, Liev Schreiber, Lance Henriksen, Jenny McCarthy
In this final episode of the "Scream" trilogy, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is still haunted by her terrifying past, has changed her name, and is hiding out in Monterey. Despite hopes that she will not be bothered again, Sidney's ordeal is far from over.
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Sleep with Me 1994 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rory Kelly
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, Craig Sheffer, Parker Posey, Adrienne Shelly, Joey Lauren Adams, Quentin Tarantino, June Lockhart, Dean Cameron, Todd Field
Joseph (Eric Stoltz) and Frank (Craig Sheffer) are both in love with Sarah (Meg Tilly). The catch: Joseph and Sarah are already legally married!
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SuBurbia 1996 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jayce Bartok, Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Steve Zahn, Ajay Naidu, Samia Shoaib, Amie Carey, Dina Spybey, Parker Posey, Kitt Brophy
This story is about a bunch of slackers who hang out at a strip mall where they are not welcomed by concerned storeowners. One night they wait in the parking lot for the appearance of Pony (Jayce Bartok) who has left their group and has risen to fame as a rock star.
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 Superman Returns 2006 PG-13, 157 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Langella, Marlon Brando, Kal Penn, Tristan Lake Leabu, David Fabrizio, Ian Roberts
After disappearing for six years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Metropolis as Clark Kent and finds that the citizens of Metropolis have learned to live without him. Add to that the fact that his beloved Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) is in a relationship with Richard White (James Marsden), and they have a five-year-old son, Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu). Now, Superman must deal with those problems and, at the same time, face arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) on a journey that will take him into the realm of outer space.
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 The Sweetest Thing 2002 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey, Thomas Jane, Lillian Adams, Herbert Ankrom, Bryan Anthony, Linda Asuma
When her two roommates (Selma Blair and Christina Applegate) convince Christina (Cameron Diaz) to go after Mr. Right, the three friends set off from San Francisco in pursuit.
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 Waiting for Guffman 1997 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Larry Miller, Deborah Theaker, Michael Hitchcock, Scott Williamson
Christopher Guest co-wrote, directed, and stars in this very entertaining mock documentary about the efforts of local residents of Blaine, Missouri, who struggle to put on a musical to celebrate the town's 150th anniversary. The closing credits are a highlight of this film.
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 You've Got Mail 1998 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, Greg Kinnear, Dabney Coleman, Michael Palin, John Randolph, Heather Burns, Hallee Hirsh, Cara Seymour, Katie Finneran, Michael Badalucco
Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) manages a chain of bookstores that threatens to run Kathleen Kelly's (Meg Ryan) small bookstore out of business. Kathleen turns to the chat room on AOL for help, and, of course, her anonymous online friend turns out to be Joe.
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| 1. The Anniversary Party (2001)
2. Basquiat (1996)
3. Best in Show (2000)
4. Blade: Trinity (2004)
5. Broken English (2007)
6. Clockwatchers (1997)
7. The Daytrippers (1996)
8. Dazed and Confused (1993)
9. The Doom Generation (1995)
10. Drunks (1995)
11. The Event (2003)
12. The Eye (2008)
13. Fay Grim (2007)
14. Flirt (1995)
15. For Your Consideration (2006)
16. Frankenstein (2004)
17. Henry Fool (1998)
18. The House of Yes (1997)
19. Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
20. Kicking and Screaming (1995)
21. Laws of Attraction (2004)
22. A Mighty Wind (2003)
23. The OH in Ohio (2006)
24. Party Girl (1995)
25. Personal Velocity (2002)
26. Scream 3 (2000)
27. Sleep with Me (1994)
28. SuBurbia (1996)
29. Superman Returns (2006)
30. The Sweetest Thing (2002)
31. Waiting for Guffman (1997)
32. You've Got Mail (1998)
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