Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) by Ken S — 13 Jul 2014

Jim Jarmusch mixes his own style of independent drama/comedy with an offbeat kind of rock and roll sensibility...with vampires and subtle horror. This movie could easily be described as hipster vampires.

..but I think that diminishes it. It is artsy, but it is a unique new spin on vampire tales for the modern age, and I liked it a good deal. I really like they way that the drinking of blood was treated almost like an addiction, and that these vampires seem to get a high as if they are shooting heroin, it was creative and evoked something real in this fantastic story.

I really love Jarmusch, he is one of the few consistent filmmakers still working today, you can count on him to do something new, different, and creative with material that should be old hat by now.