Madfilm Meetup: Movie Tuesday
What We Do in the Shadows | Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | New Zealand | 2014 | 86 min
Sundance Cinemas, Tuesday, March 3, 7:50pm»
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Join us Tuesday at Sundance Cinemas for What We Do in the Shadows, a faux-documentary about vampires coping with daily life in modern New Zealand. starring and directed by Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi (Eagle vs. Shark).
After the screening, we will walk over to The Great Dane-Hilldale for an informal discussion and libations.
Join Madison Film Forum contributors James Kreul and Jake Smith at the screening. With the Madfilm Meetups, the Madison Film Forum provides opportunities to attend great films and meet people doing the same. We don’t sponsor these screenings, we just support them by showing up.
What We Do in the Shadows has had a positive response from film critics, earning a 95% Tomatometer Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. You can find a collection of reviews at our Flipboard Magazine:
Review highlights include:
“A surprisingly delicate vampire spoof that’s both hilarious and respectful, and that captures all the silliest, scariest and saddest aspects of the bloodsucking tradition in one delicious package.” Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
“So smart and perceptive about the quotidian ups and downs of its protagonists’ lives that it’s almost a jolt when, say, they start levitating off the ground or get into a passive-aggressive argument with a pack of werewolves.” Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
“Just when it looked like the vampire genre had been bled dry, along comes the insanely inspired horror-satire What We Do in the Shadows to give it fresh bite.” Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angles Times
“What We Do in the Shadows is never as self-conscious as you fear it might be, and it has some of the loose, wiggy energy of early Jim Jarmusch, only with more bite.” Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice