Jarmusch’s love letter to bullshitting. This “omnibus film” made over decades gets better as it goes on. Like his earlier Night on Earth there are some vignettes more memorable than others. My top three were the two old Italian Americans making crazy hand gestures and eating wasabi peas, The White Stripes playing with a Tesla coil, and New York underground denizens Taylor Mead and Bill Rice acting wonderfully melancholy. There are a few lesser pieces (oddly, the one with Tom Waits and Iggy Pop kinda falls flat) but the good news is you know the next vignette is just around the bend. Fun.
Welcome
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
