Paterson
First screened in February 2017
Director: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Rizwan Manji, William Jackson Harper, Chasten Harmon, Trev Parham, Troy Parham, Brian McCarthy, Frank Harts, Method Man, Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman, Masatoshi Nagase. Screenplay: Jim Jarmusch.

Twitter Capsule: Aim is to craft and sustain a unique wavelength. That it does, admirably, but the vision feels small, its tactics uneven.

VOR:   Struck some as a Jarmusch peak and some as a career stall; its legacy may or may not resolve over time. Some nifty formal tricks. Some clichßs.



Photo © 2016 Bleecker Street Media/Amazon Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Awards:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Driver)

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