An underseen gem of New York independent cinema, Michael Almereyda’s Nadja fully brings the lesbian vampire film into the 1990s, coating its seedy exploitation heart with an arthouse finish.

| Oct 27, 2022

In the title role of Michael Almereyda's "Nadja," an elegant, witty but also sometimes tedious spin on the legend of Dracula, Elina Lowensohn is a black-caped beauty with a bold Frida Kahlo face.

| Oct 8, 2018

This idiosyncratic take on the genre is as much concerned with ordinary family dynamics as the absurdity of its characters' demonic existence.

| Oct 20, 2009

Not without interest, but less satisfying than even an average Hammer horror.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 20, 2009

It may not make much sense, but it never looks less than fabulous.

| Oct 20, 2009

This offbeat horror item works much better as a dreamy mood piece with striking poetic images and as a semicomic appreciation of a few quintessential low-budget actors than as straight-ahead storytelling.

| Oct 20, 2009

A lovely idea for a film that's been beautifully executed but slips too far off its narrative tracks to get where it wants to go.

| Mar 26, 2009

Unfolding as a languid dream puzzle in Downtown Manhattan nether world, Michael Almereyda's blend of serious and frivolous ideas and mysterious and haunting images recalls David Lynch, who served as film's exec producer and also makes cameo appearance

| Original Score: B | Sep 16, 2006

An idiosyncratic film, admired by many for its strong atmosphere, and by this writer for its absurd(ist) casting of a barely recognisable Fonda as Donovan's mad uncle Van Helsing.

| Jan 26, 2006

If Nadja is to be considered an interesting failure, there's something to be said for the value and substance of broken treasures.

| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2005

Too bizarre to be taken seriously and not funny enough to be entertaining.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Apr 21, 2004

A lyrical parody of the vampire genre.

| Original Score: C | Jan 27, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2003

It is refreshing to see so much style and life in the old undead tale, and to watch this strong cast with its perfect deadpan attitudes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

Clever and innovative take on vampire mythology in a contemporary tale set in New York City.

| Aug 28, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 27, 2002

It's the kind of movie that deals with unspeakable subjects while keeping a certain ironic distance, and using dialogue that seems funny, although the characters never seem in on the joke.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

[A] genuinely affecting comedy-horror film that updates the Dracula lineage to present-day New York City.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Hip. Cool. New Wave. Chic. These are only some of the adjectives applicable to Michael Almereyda's new take on the vampire legend. Of course, one other term springs to mind, but it isn't nearly as complimentary. Pretentious.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The film stumbles with hackneyed plotting, uneven performances and a deadly-dull centerpiece that goes on forever.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000