Sweet coming-of-age lesbian movie. Director Allan Moyle’s Times Square is a gritty, punk‑infused coming‑of‑age drama set in pre‑Disneyfied Manhattan, where the city’s chaos becomes a refuge for two teenage girls who don’t fit anywhere else. Pamela Pearl (Trini Alvarado), the lonely daughter of a moralizing politician, is placed in a psychiatric hospital for “behavioral evaluation.” There she meets Nicky Marotta (Robin Johnson), a street‑smart, magnetic punk runaway. Their connection is immediate—intense, protective, and unmistakably queer‑coded.
The girls start writing songs together and, with the help of Radio DJ Johnny LaGuardia (Tim Curry in one of his first roles after Rocky Horror made him famous) they form an underground punk rock band named The Sleez Sisters. Their verion of Your Daughter Is One (Billy Mernit/Norman Ross and Jacob Brackman) where the CHORUS goes – Spic, nigga, faggot, bum/Your daughter IS one – is one of the movie’s highlights.
The soundtrack, which is a whose who of punk rock/new wave in 1980, has become a cult favorite:
TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK -TRACKLIST
| A1 | Suzi Quatro– | Rock Hard | 3:18 |
| A2 | The Pretenders– | Talk Of The Town | 3:16 |
| A3 | Roxy Music– | Same Old Scene | 3:54 |
| A4 | Gary Numan– | Down In The Park | 4:20 |
| A5 | Marcy Levy & Robin Gibb– | Help Me! | 3:37 |
| B1 | Talking Heads– | Life During Wartime | 3:40 |
| B2 | Joe Jackson– | Pretty Boys | 3:21 |
| B3 | XTC– | Take This Town | 4:07 |
| B4 | The Ramones– | I Wanna Be Sedated | 2:29 |
| B5 | Robin Johnson– | Damn Dog | 2:40 |
| C1 | Robin Johnson & Trini Alvarado– The Sleez Sisters | Your Daughter Is One | 2:10 |
| C2 | The Ruts– | Babylon’s Burning | 2:34 |
| C3 | D.L. Byron– | You Can’t Hurry Love | 3:04 |
| C4 | Lou Reed– | Walk On The Wild Side | 4:12 |
| C5 | Desmond Child & Rouge– | The Night Was Not | 3:08 |
| D1 | Garland Jeffreys– | Innocent, Not Guilty | 2:13 |
| D2 | The Cure– | Grinding Halt | 2:49 |
| D3 | Patti Smith Group– | Pissing In The River | 4:41 |
| D4 | David Johansen & Robin Johnson– | Flowers In The City | 3:58 |
| D5 | Robin Johnson– | Damn Dog (Reprise – The Cleo Club) | 2:40 |
