In 'Party Gitl' Parker Posey stars a Mary, a 20 something, directionless, Manhattanite, "party girl" who changes the course of her life after becoming a library clerk and romancing a Lebanese street vendor (Omar Townsend). This movie is very "90's indie", but in a good way, that is a label I don't always mean in a good way. The film is remembered today chiefly for establishing Parker as a Gen X "It Girl", her wardrobe, and her characters diverse cast of friends, both ethically and in terms of sexual orientation and identity. The film is full of little subplots including a rivalry between falafel vendors, Mary's Godmother's menopause, Rene's AA involvement and vendetta against a particular record producer, and Derricks quest to find that German guy named Karl he really hit it off with at a party, turns out his name was Kurt. **1/2
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