In a career-spanning chat, the filmmaker — a fixture of New York's hardcore punk scene in the 1980s — discusses his brushes with Downey, Robin Williams and Bill Murray.

Through a number flashbacks and the reluctant admissions of dark secrets, we learn that Rocco ran afoul of psychopathic underworld figure Lefty (Bill Murray), who sets out for revenge alongside his equally deranged henchman Lonnie (Pete Davidson).

One of the last things you’d expect a director to be influenced by is the hardcore scene, yet that is exactly what inspired Riff Raff director Dito Montiel. Powering onto the scene in 2006 with his book-turned-movie A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints starring Robert Downey Jr.

"Riff Raff" is a solid crime comedy with unusual wiring. There's no heist, no bag of money or suitcase of drugs. Instead, the director, Dito Montiel, puts the focus on

"Riff Raff," directed by Dito Montiel, perfectly blends comedy, drama and crime, making for a film that leaves viewers speechless by the end.

Film Review, a movie directed by Dito Montiel, written by John Pollono and starring Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Bill Murray

The dark mayhem spun up by this crime comedy might seem a little familiar.

That includes Dito Montiel, director of the film Riff Raff, starring Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Lewis Pullman, Emanuela Postacchini and Miles J. Harvey. They tell Vince mobsters Loonie (Davidson) and Lefty ...

29, 2006 forever changed Dito Montiel and Robert Downey Jr.’s lives ... name-brand actors are to smaller-scale productions like Riff Raff. “The level of care that Bill [Murray] and all ...

Filmmaker Dito Montiel guides us through his new star-studded crime comedy 'Riff Raff,' which features Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Lewis Pullman, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, and others.

“Riff Raff” is a solid crime comedy with unusual wiring. There’s no heist, no bag of money or suitcase of drugs. Instead, the director, Dito Montiel, puts the focus on three clashing families finagling to ensure their loved ones survive a very violent New Year’s Eve.