Tuesday, August 26, 2025. 6 p.m.

Deadpan. Mysterious. Unmistakably Jarmusch.
This month at CTV, we invite you to sink into the quiet, melancholic charm of Broken Flowers (2005), a wry and soulful road movie from one of independent cinema’s most enigmatic voices: Jim Jarmusch.

Starring a perfectly understated Bill Murray, Broken Flowers follows Don Johnston, an aging bachelor who sets off on a reluctant cross-country journey to revisit a string of former lovers after receiving an anonymous letter claiming he has a 19-year-old son. What unfolds is not a quest for answers so much as a meditation on aging, regret, and the strange poetry of unresolved lives.

Like many of Jarmusch’s films, Broken Flowers unfolds at its own rhythm—minimalist, dryly funny, and full of lingering silences that say more than any monologue could. It’s a film that trusts mood over momentum, character over clarity.

Jarmusch’s career—equal parts punk, poet, and cinematic oddball—embodies the spirit of Eugene’s young, eccentric film scene: fiercely original, defiantly outside the mainstream, and allergic to anything predictable. For local filmmakers carving their own idiosyncratic paths, Broken Flowers serves as a subtle, beautiful reminder that there’s more than one way to tell a story—and more than one kind of ending.

Join us for a quiet classic from the king of indie cool.
“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.”

106 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery. Rated R.

📅 Tuesday, August 26, 2025. 6 p.m.

📍 CTV Studios, 2455 Willakenzie Rd. #15 (behind Sheldon High School next to KRVM)

💰 FREE!!! PLUS FREE FOOD & DRINKS PROVIDED
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