Richard Shepard was only 25 when he decided to make The Linguini Incident—but that didn’t stop him from dreaming. He sent the script of his indie film to Mick Jagger and David Bowie, hoping they would agree to play small parts. Bowie wrote back asking to play the lead, a barman who gets embroiled in a scheme to rob his employers. His partners in crime are a waitress (Rosanna Arquette) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint). The score is by Thomas Newman and the cinematography by Robert Yeoman. “It’s unique. It’s weird. It doesn’t feel like every other movie,” says Shepard. The film got little attention when it came out in the U.S., in 1992, but like so many things made in the 1990s, it’s getting another look. Shepard and Sarah Jackson, one of the producers, reacquired the rights to the film, re-cut it, and are rereleasing it in Blu-ray and on streaming platforms. —Jeanne Malle