Cigarettes & Coffee

At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Kirk Baltz, Philip Baker Hall, Scott Coffey, Kim Gillingham, Miguel Ferrer, Michael Harris, Jennifer Kaplan, Bonnie Fidelman

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.