Paterson. The new film from Jim Jarmusch focuses on a working- class poet (Adam Driver) in a small New Jersey town who practices his craft amidst the quiet magic of everyday life. Small- town American life has inspired filmmakers for over a century. In the process, it has created a storytelling tradition that counters the big- city syndrome of so many New York and Los Angeles–set films. With Paterson, Jim Jarmusch brings his unique observational eye to both a character and a community that bear the same name, hinting at ideas of continuity and stability, in this case found in both place and person. Jarmusch has previously focused on the quotidian; his films are quiet and reflective, and in many respects cut against the grain of most contemporary American filmmaking. Here he has created a film that gently transforms the ordinary into the transcendent. Paterson (Adam Driver) works as a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey — an ordinary working guy in a run- of- the- mill small city. His life is regulated clockwork: up around 6am, home by 6pm, walk the dog, drop by the local tavern, down a beer, chat with the bartender. His wife is a perfect match. Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) is as even- handed and - tempered as her husband. But there's more to these characters' internal lives. Paterson is a poet and Laura a repressed artistic gadfly. Paterson movie reviews & Metacritic score: Paterson (Adam Driver) is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. Each day before driving the streets, Paterson scrawls a poem in his notebook, and each evening Laura welcomes him home with a new and quirky surprise. Throughout, Jarmusch envelopes these characters, and their community, with a magical yet perfectly balanced air of simplicity and well- being. William Carlos Williams, who wrote the epic poem Paterson, is a touchstone, as are the poets Wallace Stevens and Frank O'Hara, but Jarmusch is, as always, very much his own artist, and his unique voice is articulated through Driver and Farahani's note- perfect performances. This Zen- like master has done it again, providing us with an offbeat meditation on the couple and their desire for creative self- expression. Idiosyncratic in the best of ways, Paterson is a rewarding slow burn of a film. Robbie Collin's 1. London Film Festival. But earlier this year, that was the case with Bertrand Bonello. Now breath- catchingly topical, its appearance at London is sure to spark much post- screening reflection and discussion . Anything seems possible in light of American Honey, Arnold. The BFI exists to promote greater understanding and appreciation of, and access to, film and moving image culture in the UK. Paterson Joseph, Actor: The Beach. Paterson Joseph was born on June 22, 1964 in London, England. He is known for his work on The Beach (2000), Wondering what to see at TIFF? We've got you covered. Originally conceived as the Festival of Festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival, now in its 40th year.
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