Party Girl
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1h 34m
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer | 94 mins | 1995
With her beguiling presence and spry, screwball energy, Parker Posey made her name as the queen of American indie cinema during its ’90s boom. The recently restored "Party Girl" captures an ascendent Posey in wickedly fine form as Mary, the toast of NYC nightlife, who finds herself working off a debt at a local library after being arrested for throwing a rave. The perfect mix of style, verve, and the Dewey Decimal System.
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