Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann is one of my favorite indie babes. She was a major child actor, starring in films like Uncle Buck and Now & Then and she boasts some serious genes. Her mother is the famous Factory girl, Viva, and she was raised in the Chelsea Hotel during its drug-addled heyday. Once puberty hit, Hoffmann peaced out of the industry and reemerged only on occasion to star in flicks like 200 Cigarettes and You Can Count On Me. Unlike most child actors, Hoffmann’s future didn’t involve drug addiction and starring roles in Lifetime  movies. She went to college. Bard, to be exact, where she presumably smoked a lot of pot, made out with boys named Teal, and listened to a shitload of Grizzly Bear. Since she’s graduated, she’s started to film movies again and do photo shoots for Interview. WELCOME BACK, MY LIL ALTERNATIVE PRINCESS.

Dominique Swain

Liking Dominique Swain is kind of embarrassing. She stars in twenty B-movies a year with actors like Tom Sizemore and Brad Renfro (when he was alive obvi). Her lackluster career is admittedly deserved as she has no discernible talent. But….there’s something about her. She broke out in the 90s remake of Lolita and did a pretty good job at making inappropriate eyes at Jeremy Irons. She then went on to even star in the big-budget film, Face/Off. Things looked promising. But somewhere along the way, she got lost in largely-unseen personal guilty pleasures of mine such as Girl, New Best Friend, Tart and Happy Campers. She recently made an attempt at the mainstream by nabbing a small part in Alpha Dog but alas, I would say that it was all for naught. Why? Because in her last film, she co-starred with Carly Pope as a woman named Mindy Danger