Michael Almereyda’s NADJA—the dreamy, downtown New York vampire film that became a cult favorite in the 1990s—is back in a stunning new 4K restoration and its original Director’s Cut. The U.S. premiere lands January 11 at MoMA’s To Save and Project, with a theatrical NYC run opening February 6 at BAM.
Executive produced (and memorably cameoed) by David Lynch, NADJA reimagines Bram Stoker’s characters drifting through a nocturnal Manhattan of desire, shadows, and fractured identities. Elina Löwensohn stars as Nadja, a restless vampire navigating grief, obsession, and forbidden love, while Peter Fonda’s unhinged Van Helsing and Jared Harris’s haunted Edgar complete the film’s eerie emotional triangle.
“A witty, ambitious spin on vampires… [a] philosophical appraisal of modern life and its ills … with frequent jabs of spiky, subtle dark humor and a lush sensuality.”
—Kevin Thomas, The LA Times
Shot in shimmering 35mm and warped Pixelvision, the film feels both romantic and delirious—equal parts surrealist poem and vampire noir. Simon Fisher Turner’s ethereal score floats alongside era-defining tracks from My Bloody Valentine, the Verve, and Spacehog, grounding the gothic story in ’90s alternative cool.
Three minutes longer than the original release, this newly restored Director’s Cut revives NADJA as it was meant to be seen: strange, seductive, and convulsively beautiful.
