Les Vampires Archives

Does Mira (Alicia Vikander) lose herself in Irma Vep? Does Rene (Vincent Macaigne) manage to finish shooting his remake of Les Vampires and exorcise his demons? Alicia Vikander in "Irma Vep", HBO, A24 Kristin Stewart appears as Lilianna, Mira's ex's current girlfriend, a pop star who laments that her kids and pre-teen fans are outgrowing her while[...]

It's a common trait in movies but rarely in TV shows. Alicia Vikander in "Irma Vep", HBO, A24 A Tale of Two Irma Veps In the original 1996 movie, Maggie Cheung, a Hong Kong movie star, comes to Paris to play Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent movie serial Les Vampires with a burned-out and[...]

Writer-director Olivier Assayas turns it into a hall of mirrors that combines a history lesson about the original French silent movie thriller Les Vampires, a deconstruction of the original, and a commentary about filmmaking, even his own relationship with the original 1996 movie If you skipped the show after the first episode, you'll miss the[...]

The original movie was about Hong Kong star Maggie Cheung, playing a fictional version of herself, going to Paris to play the main character in a remake of a classic French silent movie Les Vampires The movie was a satire of the French film industry and the changing face of global cinema, amongst other layers[...]

Vikander will play Mira, an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who moves to France to star as Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent film classic Les Vampires The original silent film serial, which ran in French theatres from 2015 to 2016, is considered a classic It featured a[...]