Sonja Hammer talks to film curator Roberta Ciabarra from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. They chat about the films playing at In Praise of Parker Posey, showing March 13 – 28 at ACMI in Federation Square, Melbourne.
A special film retrospective of her films and television appearances. Parker has been described as the ‘Queen of the Indies’,who the New Yorker recently named “the greatest character actress of the last few decades”. Posey’s first major role in a feature film was in Dazed and Confused (1993) with Matthew McConaughey The film received favorable reviews from critics and has been identified as a cult classic. In 2003, Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #17 on their list of “The Top 50 Cult Films”. She has also appeared in queer T.V classic Will and Grace.
In Praise of Parker Posey runs from now until 28 March at ACMI.
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