A fitting conclusion for a man whose career ended too soon.

Ricki and the Flash effectively serves as the final installment in Demme’s trilogy of pictures concerning outcast family members returning home to seek absolution.

Demme perhaps humanized the stereotype of the arrogant artist who collects and discards a series of ever-younger women.

Enzo Avitabile comes across as a character from a Demme feature, one so watchable that we’ll follow him anywhere.

Trunk Show stands out immediately as a response to 2006’s Heart of Gold.

Rachel Getting Married remains arguably the definitive showcase of Demme’s hard-fought humanism.

Jonathan Demme finds arguably his finest subject in the former president.

Heart of Gold's attention to even the smallest details does as much to cement Demme as the greatest concert filmmaker ever as his more bombastic live documents.

Demme’s 2004 remake captures the atmosphere of modern America, a country that feels like it’s slowly collapsing in on itself.

Somehow The Agronomist fell through the cultural cracks, but it’s worthy of mention along with Demme’s other great nonfiction work.