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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Only Lovers Left Alive (Blu-ray Review)

September 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, John Hurt
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Running Time: 123 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: September 15th 2014 (UK)

Like many Jim Jarmusch movies, Only Lovers Left Alive is the sort of film where one chunk of the audience will be wondering what sort of tedium they’ve just had to sit through and another chunk will be hailing it as a masterpiece. He is as impressively idiosyncratic director and his films determinedly refuse to be boxed. Many have described him as a cinematic poet, and it’s a very good description. What he’s great at is creating mood, feeling and thought, where narrative isn’t the driving force, it’s merely the thread that pulls the fabric together.

Tom Hiddleston is Adam, who’s living in Detroit making music but keen that nobody bothers him. That’s partly because he’s a vampire and hundreds of years old. He’s also depressed and filled with weariness at the direction mankind has taken and how it treats the promise it has, to the point whether he’s wondering if there’s any point living on to see the future. [Read more…]

Only Lovers Left Alive Trailer – Tom Hiddleston & Tilda Swinton turn vampire

November 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment


Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton are trying out being undead in Only Lovers Left Alive, which attracted rather mixed notices on its Toronto Film Festival debut. However the trailer suggests it could be rather intriguing.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE takes place against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier and follows an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, who reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister.’

It should be out next year. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin  DIRECTORS: Jim Jarmusch  FILMS: Only Lovers Left Alive  

First Look At Tom Hiddleston & Tilda Swinton In Only Lovers Left Alive

January 31, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

only-lovers-left-alive-pic1Any new movie from indie king Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man, Broken Flowers) is intriguing, but the idea of him turning to the world of vampires has gotten a lot of people even more interested. Now the first photo from the movie, Only Lovers Left Alive, has arrived, featuring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston.

Hiddleston stars as Adam, an underground musician who’s deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, who reunites with his long-lost lover from centuries ago, Eve (Tilda Swinton), although their reunion gets disrupted by Eve’s rowdy sister (Mia Wasikowska). John Hurt and Anton Yelchin also star.

No release is set at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get to see the movie later this year.

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ACTORS: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton  DIRECTORS: Jim Jarmusch  FILMS: Only Lovers Left Alive  

Anton Yelchin Joins Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive

June 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It appears Anton Yelchin likes vampires, as after last year’s Fright Night he’s heading back into a film about the bloodsuckers, although this time with a more arthouse bent, as Deadline reports that he’s signed on to star in Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, a drama about the centuries-long romance between two star-crossed vampires.

When it was first announced, the movie was due to star Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender in what Jarmusch describes as a “crypto-vampire love story”, following the centuries-long love story of two vampire lovers. Since then John Hurt has signed on and there have also been rumours Tom Hiddleston has stepped in to replace Fassbender.

However what isn’t certain is who will play the central vampiric lovers. Jarmusch is deliberately keeping quiet about his plans, but it certainly sound like something larger scale than he normally takes on.

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ACTORS: Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton  DIRECTORS: Jim Jarmusch  FILMS: Only Lovers Left Alive  

Tom Hiddleston Joins Jim Jarmusch’s Vampire Tale Only Lovers Left Alive

January 31, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It sounds a bit like an indie film fans wet dream. Ghost Dog and Dead Man helmer Jim Jarmusch teaming up with Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska for a tale about vampires. The cast of Only Lovers Left Alive was also due to include Michael Fassbender, but with Hollywood knocking on his door for every role at the moment, he’s moved on and THR reports Thor and War Horse’s Tom Hiddleston is set to replace him.

Jarmusch won’t get around to shooting the movie until later this year, which is described as a horror drama that tells an unusual love story about two vampires who have been in a tumultuous relationship for centuries.

Hiddleston will next be seen in The Avengers, when hopefully he’ll be able to have more fun as Loki, who is perhaps the most interesting character in Marvel’s current film universe.

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ACTORS: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Mia Wasikowska  DIRECTORS: Jim Jarmusch  FILMS: Only Lovers Left Alive  

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