Night of the Living Hipsters

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013, directed by Jim Jarmusch) is another in a long line of films that examine the problems of living as a vampire in the contemporary world. Like most such films, it postulates a crippling ennui to plague its undead protagonists, and dresses it up in a certain amount of glamour. Certainly, its lead actors--Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton--lend the film an appeal that many another vampire film lacks. Indeed, I'm not sure of why Tom and Tilda haven't broken the internet yet, given that both of them are in dishabille in this movie. You never can tell with crowds, I guess.

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