Some things just work better in pairs. For example: peanut butter and jelly, Batman and Robin, cookies and milk; the list goes on.Then there’s coffee and cigarettes. It’s an inseparably hip dyad, cookies and milk’s darker opposite, or as it’s described in Jim Jarmusch’s latest film “Coffee and Cigarettes,” the representation of a generation.Whether or not the actual film is a representation of an entire generation, however, will be left to the viewer’s discretion. In fact, there’s not much else to this film other than its parings-and that’s the beauty of it. Book-ended by two separate covers of the song “Louie Louie,” “Coffee and Cigarettes” presents a series of humorous vignettes with coffee and cigarettes as the connecting theme. More than that, however, are its many interconnected phrases, scenarios and even outfits that make conversations with smokes and cups of joe that much more entertaining.And speaking of entertainment, there are more celebrities in this movie than one could shake a cancer stick at, including Steve Buscemi, Steve Coogan, and Cate Blanchett. In the particularly zany, star-studded sequence “Delirium,” Wu-Tang Clan rappers Genius (GZA) and The RZA are chatting it up in a coffee house. Interestingly enough, The RZA does not drink coffee, claiming that, as a practitioner of Eastern medicine, it’s bad for one to drink. Then in comes waiter Bill Murray, playing a more caffeinated version of himself. After Genius and RZA refuse his offer of coffee, he drinks it straight from the pot. “It helps me dream faster,” he says, mirroring the same phrase from an earlier vignette “Strange To Meet You,” which stars Oscar winner Roberto Benigni.Building off the duality theme, there are many appearances of twins, actual and otherwise. Blanchett excellently portrays herself as rich and famous while at the same time playing her sad-sack loser cousin in “Cousins.” As actual twins go, Cinqué and Joie Lee face off against yokel waiter Buscemi. As Buscemi recalls, Elvis had a twin who died at birth. He speculates that the jumpsuit clad Elvis was actually the twin of the real Elvis, and that the real, “Jailhouse Rock” era Elvis was just retired. “Damn, I look like Elvis,” he muses, much to the dismay of the Lee twins, who insisted that Elvis was a racist, while they puff on rolled cigarettes.And speaking of musicians, “Coffee and Cigarettes” is not lacking in this department. The infamous Detroit rock hero Iggy Pop is all over this film, musically and in person, appearing as musician Tom Waits’ counterpart in “Somewhere In California.” And speaking of Detroit, fellow Motor City duo The White Stripes star in a skit too, where lead singer Jack White builds a Tesla coil. While Jack entertains band mate / pretend sister / ex-wife Meg White with stories of the coil’s inventor Nikola Tesla, Pop’s old band The Stooges play in the background.”The Earth is a conductor of acoustical resonance,” Jack quotes from Tesla. This phrase is later repeated in the vignette “Champagne.” Would you expect any less?Indeed, what so many filmmakers strive for, often taking entire careers to accomplish, Jarmusch has done in one film … almost. What makes this film unique is that the first three segments were originally released as complete works independent of each other-“Strange To Meet You” in 1986, “Twins” in 1989, and “Somewhere in California” in 1993. It is thoroughly fascinating to watch all the various pairings appear, whether directly in front of the viewer, or crisscrossing throughout the movie. Those who pay close attention to finding these combinations will definitely get a kick out of the movie.And if not for the parings, then certainly there is something to be said about Jarmusch’s quirky but whimsical sense of humor. Whether it be a pretty lady checking out a catalogue filled with dangerous weapons, an old man yelling at his kid for spending too much money on food, or having the ever so British Coogan take a swipe at Hollywood by saying, “Palm trees annoy the f**k out of me,” there’s something in this film for everyone. So, if you’re looking for something with a little more of a jolt than a cup of Mary-Kate and Ashley, this film comes highly recommended.