Biography: Eszter Balint |

Born in Hungary, but raised in the U.S., Eszter Balint began acting on-stage with the Squat Theater in childhood. As an adult, Balint gained a favorable reputation among independent filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, for whom she made her feature-film... more
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Cast: Buck Henry Marlee Matlin Rosanna Arquette David Bowie Viveca Lindfors Iman Andre Gregory Thomas Newman 
Tags: Comedy Thriller Adventure Comedy 
Length: 99min
A magic-obsessed New York waitress (Rosanna Arquette) is persuaded by a colorful group of characters to help her rob the restaurant where she works. Along the way, she falls in love with the eatery's bartender (David Bowie), who just so happens to be...

Cast: Joie Lee   
Tags: Road Movie Comedy 
Length: 96min
Bail Jumper is a surrealistic "road movie", bearing traces of the best of Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wenders-with a bit of David Lynch thrown in. B.J. Spalding and Eszter Balint play a couple of losers, mired in a miserable flyspeck town in Missouri. As...

Cast: Chantal Akerman Maurice Brenner   
Tags: Drama Essay Film 
Length: min
Belgian director Chantal Akerman avoids her usual "real time" technique in Histoires D'Amerique. The anecdotal nature of the subject matter compels Akerman to fragment her narrative, rather than offer it in one, uninterrupted continuum. Still, another...

Cast: Jim Jarmusch Tom DiCillo John Lurie Richard Edson   
Tags: Comedy Buddy Film Road Movie 
Length: 95min
Although Jim Jarmusch made his directorial debut with Permanent Vacation (1982), Stranger than Paradise (1984) marked his breakthrough as a major American filmmaker. One of the most deadpan comedies ever committed to film, Stranger than Paradise...

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