Chloë Sevigny has been a really important determine in American cinema all through the previous few many years. She burst by way of the gates, making her mark on quite a few masterpieces, all inside 5 years of one another — The Final Days of Disco, Boys Do not Cry, Julien Donkey-Boy, American Psycho, Demonlover, Celebration Monster, and Dogville. Possibly you loved her chemistry reverse Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac (2007), or maybe you appreciated seeing her cope with loopy boss Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000). Regardless of the position, Sevigny brings a signature dedication to each position within the huge array of business and indie initiatives she’s graced, together with her newest MUBI function that is now enjoying in choose theaters.
Magic Farm sees her because the chief of a bumbling movie crew that tries and just about fails to make TV gold in a small Argentine city. Sevigny’s co-stars embrace Alex Wolff (Oppenheimer), Joe Apollonio (Hacks) and Amalia Ulman (El Planeta) — who additionally wrote and directed Magic Farm. MovieWeb not too long ago spoke with the solid whereas they had been selling their comedic new movie, and Sevigny’s co-stars did not hesitate to weigh in on their favourite movies of hers from over time.
“Children is a traditional,” Wolff instructed MovieWeb. “Dogville is one which, as I grow old, I discover myself watching loads, as a result of I discover that that efficiency threads a very powerful line, as a result of she’s one factor, after which it turns into the shadows, nightmare facet… And the current, nice Netflix present final yr… Monsters… She’s simply one in every of these superb individuals, somebody I look as much as as a result of I began once I was younger [too]. And , you possibly can solely dream to have the sort of longevity and kind of consistency that Chloë’s had, by way of making initiatives and doing performances that really matter.”
Apollonio added, “I bear in mind I watched Huge Love shortly after I watched Julien Donkey-Boy, and I used to be like, ‘F***.’ Like, I used to be simply actually impressed by how, like, Chloë’s managed to have sort of one foot in art-house cinema after which one other foot in, like, extra mainstream roles and simply do it in such, like, an easy and funky means.”
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Sevigny: “The North Star”
Magic Farm
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- Launch Date
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April 25, 2025
- Runtime
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93 Minutes
- Director
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Heidi Ewing
- Writers
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Heidi Ewing
Director Ulman, who really wrote the Magic Farm lead position particularly for Sevigny, additionally dished concerning the acclaimed performer’s seemingly infinite filmography:
“There are just a few that impressed this character particularly. However I feel the one which I bear in mind very dearly, as a result of I used to be watching with my mother and my cat, who’s now useless, was Huge Love. And I bear in mind my mother being like, ‘After all, [Chloë] wears the most effective garments within the present. Her character is the one one sporting the cool garments within the present.’ However I imply, that claims a lot about her, too, as a result of, like, her position inside that TV present was additionally like probably the most trendy, however that is one thing she at all times brings, and I love her for that.”
Co-star Alex Wolff even went as far as to say they “worshipped” Sevigny on set, one thing the actress playfully scoffed at throughout our interview. “All of us seemed as much as Chloë… because the North Star of, , what the tone of the film was going to be,” he instructed us. “It is kind of like Chloë has this magical energy. It is like every little thing she touches turns cool. And [director] Amalia kind of has that, too. So truthfully, it felt fairly good to be like tapped on the shoulder and invited into [this] as a result of it is, like, principally the good get together, ? It is just like the cool, bizarre youngsters on the college.”
From MUBI, Magic Farm is now enjoying in choose theaters.