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Paterson
Set in the present in Paterson, New Jersey, this is a tale about a bus driver and poet. It quietly observes the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
1 April 1971, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1974, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 May 1979, Sterling, Illinois, USA
8 February 1980, Dallas, Texas, USA
January 19, 2017
Jarmusch is a next-level storyteller with an amazing ability to deliver a scene that works on face value and as a metaphor
January 27, 2017
A filmmaker telling his story in pictures and the limitlessness of control he brings to his art. What more can one ask of cinema?
March 23, 2017
If your preference is movies filled with action and conflict, it's going to be annoyingly inert. But in a certain way, watching Paterson's daily life *is* exciting.
April 21, 2017
This is Jim Jarmusch in the mode of the unassuming poet of everyday American dreamers, taking in the rhythms of life in the blue collar city and celebrating the artistic impulses and creative projects that bring color to our lives...
April 30, 2017
Delivered with humour and pathos, this is a literary film in more ways than one. ... Those who find pleasure in the written word will discover much to enjoy here.
February 10, 2017
It's not exactly riveting material, and even Jim Jarmusch - the veteran writer-director who traffics in the day-to-day contemplation of human existence - struggles to make "Paterson" pop.
March 23, 2017
A film where the director impregnates each scene with a romantic stillness and a tendency to a static camera. [Full review in Spanish]
February 09, 2017
Jarmusch, who made supernatural vampires seem human in Only Lovers Left Alive, now finds inspiration in the mundane.
January 26, 2017
Jim Jarmusch's latest has moments of beauty that help compensate for a slightly static narrative.
February 10, 2017
As Paterson makes these rounds again and again, Jarmusch unhurriedly crafts a cinematic ode to finding both art and delight in the quotidian.
May 09, 2017
This offbeat project is actually very engaging, bringing droll humour and sweet-hearted feeling to its low-key affirmation of ordinary life.