SERIES
June at the Trylon
One of America’s great character actors and scene-stealers, Parker Posey burst onto the independent film scene in the mid-1990s with an unmistakable, bravura comic style. Following a string of no-holds-barred, gum-smacking, sarcasm-drenched turns, she was crowned “Queen of the Indies” by Time magazine.
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(1995, DCP, 94m) dir Daisy von Scherler Mayer w/Parker Posey, Omar Townsend, The Lady Bunny, Liev Schreiber. After too much disorderly revelry, a high-voltage socialite must pay off her debts by working at a library. Cinema’s most persuasive argument for the Dewey Decimal System. New Restoration! SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00 Promotional support provided […]
Showings: Jun. 4 7:00, Jun. 5 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 6 7:00, 9:00
(1995, DCP, 83m) dir Gregg Araki w/Parker Posey, James Duval, Rose McGowan, Margaret Cho. On the lam following a deadly accident, a trio of troubled teenagers take a darkly comic voyage through the outskirts of an apocalyptic Los Angeles. Posey does a heel turn as a vengeful, sword-wielding ex-lover. New Restoration! SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 […]
Showings: Jun. 11 7:00, Jun. 12 7:00, 8:45, Jun. 13 7:00, 8:45
(1996, 35mm, 84m) dir Christopher Guest w/Guest, Parker Posey, Catherine O’Hara, Fred Willard. A group of community-theater eccentrics in a small Missouri town undertake a deeply misguided campaign to impress a Broadway producer. Guest’s mockumentary, one of the funniest films of the 1990s, made him a leader of the form. 35mm print courtesy of film […]
Showings: Jun. 19 7:00, 8:45, Jun. 20 7:00, 8:45
(1993, 35mm, 103m) dir Richard Linklater w/Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London. On the last day of high school in a small Texas town in 1976, students from across the social spectrum mingle, scheme, and look toward a tantalizingly uncertain future. Posey has a small but memorable role as an iron-fisted senior […]
Showings: Jun. 25 7:15, Jun. 26 7:00, 9:15, Jun. 27 7:00, 9:15