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.
15 July 1966, Miyazaki, Japan
10 July 1983, Tehran, Iran
17 November 1998, Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
15 June 2004, New York City, New York, USA
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 December 1998, New Jersey, USA
19 November 1983, San Diego, California, USA
8 February 1980, Dallas, Texas, USA
30 May 1979, Sterling, Illinois, USA
1 April 1971, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1974, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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...
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.
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
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]
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.
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.
February 09, 2017
Jarmusch, who made supernatural vampires seem human in Only Lovers Left Alive, now finds inspiration in the mundane.
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.
January 26, 2017
Jim Jarmusch's latest has moments of beauty that help compensate for a slightly static narrative.
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.
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?
