The Dead Don't Die

Why does the world need another zombie film? The answer is, it doesn't. Or at least it doesn't need any traditional contemporary zombie films; AMC's The Walking Dead has destroyed my love of zombies - well almost. Since George A. Romero's The Night of the Living Dead, zombie has equaled social commentary about society's pressing issues - whether it be race relations in The Night of the Living Dead or consumerism in Dawn of the Dead - the zombie motif is usually a fun way to talk about all different aspects of humanity's cruelty and ignorance which we inflict upon one other and the Earth.
Jim Jarmusch isn't traditional and we could certainly use a conversation about climate change. Hence, The Dead Don't Die is the zombie film we need right now. In this self referential, winking at the camera world, polar fracking has put the Earth off its axis and off its rotation and the result is the dead have risen.It stars Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Chloë Sevigny, plus there are cameos by Tom Waits, Rosie Perez, Carol Kane, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez, Tilda Swinton, and Steve Buscemi to name a bunch. This is a fromage-homage to Romero and the entire horror geek genre - it's funny. It's not Jim's best film, but if you are looking for something goofy light, I had a lot of fun with it.
Catch it at rep theatre near you.