15 Original Upcoming Movies That Might Save Hollywood
2. Paterson
Release Date: TBA 2016
What It's About: Set in Paterson, New Jersey, the movie follows a bus driver also named Paterson (Adam Driver) who makes a humble life with his wife Laura (Golshifteh Farahani), yet is also secretly a poet.
Why It Can Save Hollywood: Jim Jarmusch is one of the most fascinating directors working today, indie or not, and he serves up something unique and worthwhile almost every time he goes up to bat.
His latest has earned some of the most emphatic rave reviews out of this year's Cannes, with particular praise for both Driver's surprisingly restrained performance and Jarmusch's usual observational eye for human interaction and feeling.
When even the most earnest and low-key dramas can come off as either self-consciously quirky or Oscar-baiting, here's something that should genuinely touch the heart.