We don’t know how it is that the Tilda Swinton-led vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive, written and directed by the Jim Jarmusch, has opened in most of the world except for the USA, after debuting at Cannes earlier this year. Not only that, but fans in Cologne and Berlin are being treated to a live concert — December 10 and 12, respectively — by the various artists from the film’s soundtrack: White Hills, Jozef Van Wissem, Yasmine Hamdan, Zola Jesus and Jim Jarmusch’s own band, SQÜRL. That’s SQÜRL with an umlaut, which may explain why the Germans are so lucky.

Buy tickets (€27.50) for Cologne or Berlin

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