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Paradise AlleyParadise Alley (1978)
Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Armand Assante, Anne Archer, Tom Waits
Sly’s directorial debut replays the ROCKY plotline, as a Hell’s Kitchen Italian–American trying to wrestle his way out of tenements of the…
Rumble FishRumble Fish (1983) Recommended
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper
Coppola's cult fave is a highly stylised treatment of a teen delinquency drama may not be entirely appropriate, but it sure looks impressive. Equally…
Outsiders, TheOutsiders, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio
Based on the gritty novel by S. E. Hinton (THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW), this ‘realistic’ depiction of teenage outsiders in 50s America is…
Made in HeavenMade in Heaven (1987)
Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton
Quirky comedy with Timothy Hutton finding true soul–mate Kelly McGillis in heaven.
Down by LawDown by Law (1988) Recommended
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie
Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Cold FeetCold Feet (1989)
Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits
A deranged assassin and a strange couple concoct a scheme to smuggle emeralds over the Mexican border. Bawdy, off–kilter Southern romp features…
At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah
Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…
Fishing with John (TV Series)Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992)
Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper
Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
Short CutsShort Cuts (1993) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits
Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
Mystery MenMystery Men (1999) Recommended
Dir. Kinka Usher
Feat. Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria
Doing for the super–hero genre what PLEASANTVILLE did for 50s sitcoms, this frequently hilarious spoof sets a rag–tag team of…
Coffee and CigarettesCoffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop
A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
Tiger and the Snow, TheTiger and the Snow, The (2006)
Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi
Italian jester Roberto Benigni unites comedy and tragedy within the throws of the Iraq war, playing a poet who follows his true love (real life…
Wristcutters: A Love StoryWristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Dir. Goran Dukic
Feat. Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Waits
Wilfully eccentric suicide comedy (!?) set in a warped and washed–out afterlife inhabited solely by suiciders, in which a young no–hoper…
Tom Waits - Under Review 1971-1982Tom Waits - Under Review 1971-1982 (2007)
Feat. Tom Waits
Music doco chronicling the career of singer–songwriter Tom Waits, containing rarely seen interviews with the man himself, hit songs and rare…
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, TheImaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield
Firing on all imaginative cylinders, dir. Terry Gilliam delivers what is possibly his magnum opus – an original, mind–bending fantasy…
Tom Waits: The Complete ReviewTom Waits: The Complete Review (2011)
Feat. Tom Waits
With the aid of plentiful archive, rare footage, interviews with the man himself plus contributions from his colleagues, this documentary set…
Seven PsychopathsSeven Psychopaths (2012)
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson
Three Hollywood deadbeats incur the wrath of a violent gangster after kidnapping his beloved shih zhu in this stinging black comedy from IN BRUGES…
Old Man & the Gun, TheOld Man & the Gun, The (The Old Man and the Gun) (2018) Recommended
Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover
Likely to be Redford's final role, playing the career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin at the age of…
Dead Don't Die, TheDead Don't Die, The (2019) Recommended
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton
Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…
Licorice PizzaLicorice Pizza (2021)
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
Celebrated auteur Paul Thomas Anderson amusingly runs through the fads of the 1970s while loosely following the relationship between a precocious…

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