Who is Natasha Lyonne?
When I think of Natasha Lyonne, I think of these things: Woody Allen (she played his daughter in the musical Everyone Says I Love You when she was a but wee lass), “Brooke” (the porky chick with dreadlocks from Party Monster), and American Pie (sassy Jessica), smoking too much, drinking too much, and peculiar scenes of alleged dog molestation. None of her roles were huge in these things, but I remember her in them all. But when I really think of her, I really think of Big Apples, and that singular type of New York City famous that is really quite so very different from LA/Hollywood/Anywhere Else-types of famous—the type of famous that has cab rides and saxophones and pizza-at-3am in it and you better not give-it-any-bullshit—a type of famous that scares me a little and fascinates me a lot. It’s a vibe that comes off of her in waves. So we’re sitting in the W Hotel, and it’s just a little awkward. She is in town for just twenty hours to attend a SIFF screening of The Immaculate Concepti
