The film director Jim Jarmusch stopped by uninvited, as did the actor Forest Whitaker.

NEWYORKER: The Visionary

He's the short, sort of bug-eyed character who turns up in movies by Quentin Tarantino, the Coen Brothers and Jim Jarmusch.

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While those two substances complement each other, Jarmusch, ever the hip mad scientist, throws together odd combinations of actors and singers.

NEWYORKER: Coffee and Cigarettes

Jim Jarmusch linking up with Bill Murray is a case of Mr. Cool meeting Mr. Cool, and the resulting silences are deafening.

NEWYORKER: Broken Flowers

Think David Lynch meets Jim Jarmusch in Down by Law.

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Jarmusch lacks for nothing in his deadpan pastiche of spy thrillers, but some viewers may experience a residual, vulgar longing for the real thing.

NEWYORKER: The Limits of Control

Cinematic doodles from the writer-director Jim Jarmusch.

NEWYORKER: Coffee and Cigarettes