Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE  (2013)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Jim Jarmusch
    Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin,
    Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Jeffrey Wright
A fang-in-cheek reflection on art, immortality and vampirism, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as night creatures who can live pretty much forever, as long as they take reasonable precautions and keep mainlining "the good stuff." They've been around for centuries, but in their current manifestations he's a reclusive rock star working out of a Detroit loft and she's a rock star's wife headquartered in a book-lined flat in Tangier. Her connection there is fellow vampire Kit Marlowe (John Hurt), still moaning about how Shakespeare stole "Hamlet" from him 400 years ago. It's all very droll and deadpan - just what you'd expect a Jim Jarmusch vampire movie to be. Fans of conventional horror will most likely be bored by it, but those who like what Jarmusch does should be amused. Swinton's otherworldly aura makes her a perfect vampire, and Mia Wasikowska is annoying as hell as the kid sister who pays her an unwelcome visit.