Hitler's Hollywood

The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed

"...really happening in a culture, he asks through narrator Udo Kier; What do these Nazi propaganda films reveal and..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nazi Schmatzi: 'Iron Sky' Ist die Bombe

SXSW Film 'Iron Sky' reviewed

"...Any film that stars Udo Kier as a Nazi is comedy gold in our..."

March 13, 2012 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Flesh & Blood

The Drafthouse thinks you could do with a little more Udo. That's why they're bringing in German legend Udo Kier for the weekend.

"...With his piercing blue eyes and aquiline features, actor Udo Kier's striking physicality is bested only by his trademark..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Pinocchio

"...Barron. Starring: Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Rob Schneider, Udo Kier, Bebe Neuwirth, Genevieve Bujold and David Doyle. In..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Swan Song

Meandering story of nearing death flies on Udo Kier’s wings

"...Directed by: Todd Stephens. Starring: Udo Kier, Linda Evans, Jennifer Coolidge and Tom Bloom...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

DVDanger: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier on being the heavy

"...downfall comes at the hands, or rather words, of Udo Kier as a mob fixer. While Bradley is physically..."

Oct. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blade

"...Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Traci Lords, Arly Jover, Udo Kier, Donal Logue, N'Bushe Wright and Stephen Dorff. It's..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bacurau

Brazilian drama mixes social commentary and exploitation action

"...Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. Starring: Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Jonny Mars, Silvero Pereira,..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Andy Warhol's Dracula

"...Directed by: Antonio Margheriti and Paul Morrissey. Starring: Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Arno Juerging, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime..."

March 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Blazing World

Stylish fairy tale-inspired drama is an overstuffed treat

"...Directed by: Carlson Young. Starring: Udo Kier, Carlson Young, Vinessa Shaw, Dermot Mulroney and Soko...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

"...Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Brad Dourif, Michael Peña, Udo Kier, Grace Zabriskie and Loretta Devine. Produced and "presented"..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (Aka Flesh for Frankenstein)

"...Directed by: Antonio Margheriti and Paul Morrissey. Starring: Udo Kier, Monique Van Vooren and Joe Dallesandro. Udo Kier..."

Dec. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...horror-themed Midnighters, former Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest programmer Kier-la Janisse draws upon her prolific knowledge of arcane cinema..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Love Object

A shy office drone orders a life-sized plastic doll off the Internet, to predictably disastrous results.

"...Directed by: Robert Parigi. Starring: Desmond Harrington, Melissa Sagemiller, Udo Kier, Rip Torn, Robert Bagnell, Michael Pena and Brad..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fangs for the Memories

Shopping & sucking with erstwhile vampire Udo Kier

"...Former Andy Warhol associate and underground film personality Udo Kier, he of the recent BMW advertisements and the..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Feardotcom

"...Starring: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Amelia Curtis, Stephen Rea, Udo Kier and Jeffrey Combs. What is it about William..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Megiddo: The Omega Code Two

"...Lee Ermey, Gil Colon, Chad Michael Allen, Greg Ellis, Udo Kier, Michael Biehn and Michael York. The extremely questionable..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...Reagan-era art dealer on the prowl for new blood, Udo Kier’s Count in Andy Warhol’s Dracula seems positively toothless...."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...Udo Kier's most astonishing performance since Andy Warhol's Blood for..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Safe Set for Pandemic-Era Feature The Blazing World

Sundance film comes to AFS's drive-in

"...key crew, and on March 12, 2020, they signed Udo Kier to a lead role. That was the final..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Closing Credit for The Alamo at 409 Colorado

June 27

"...And then there was the time actor/icon/BMW shill Udo Kier showed up for a weekend double bill of..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jodorowsky's Dune

What's tantalizing but never was? This Fantastic Fest award-winner talks with the famed surrealist and others about their plans for this aborted project.

"...appropriately bizarre: David Carradine, Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, and Udo Kier were all on board; Salvador Dalí had agreed..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bloody Beautiful Illusions

Alejandro Jodorowsky, surrealism's topo sangre, on Truth, Beauty, and the Internet

"...go into production – with Nick Nolte, Marilyn Manson, Udo Kier, Asia Argento, and Santa Sangre producer Claudio Argento..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Orphan

A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.

"...going the in vitro route with an assist from Udo Kier or, failing that, Giovanni Lombardo Radice. Orphan is..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Bloody Valentine 3D

This horror film is a full-on, old-school, gore-hound heaven – a supersaturated arterial goregasm with zero socially redeeming values for anyone other than first-year med students.

"...pole or … whatever. (Not since Flesh for Frankenstein's Udo Kier celebrated life by fucking death in the gallbladder..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...more passionate than this undead, unrequited, and altogether unfun pseudo-romantic riff on Romeo and Juliet. Based on the hideously..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Igor

Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.

"...Feldman's "Eye-gor" in Young Frankenstein, Arno Juerging's Otto, opposite Udo Kier in Flesh for Frankenstein, and the occasional Tim..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...of guttural, howling Euro-vamps who act like they ate Udo Kier for breakfast and are now sniffing around for..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Queen of the Damned

"...less like Eric Draven here and much more like Udo Kier in Taste the Blood of Dracula. At one..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant and Udo Kier...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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