Directed by Jim Jarmusch

Dryly deadpan, stylishly minimalist, and effortlessly cool, the films of American indie pioneer Jim Jarmusch are so idiosyncratic that they practically constitute a genre unto themselves. Forging his singular sensibility amid the creative ferment of New York’s downtown scene, Jarmusch emerged as one of the most original voices of the 1980s independent-film boom with his breakout road movie STRANGER THAN PARADISE, which established his fascination with outsiders on enigmatic journeys to nowhere in particular. Drawing on cultural heroes from Howlin’ Wolf and Elvis Presley to William Blake and Jean-Pierre Melville, Jarmusch has transformed a variety of genres—revisionist western (DEAD MAN), modern samurai movie (GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI), vampire love story (ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE)—into fresh and surprising vehicles for his inimitable brand of haiku-like existential poetry.