Don’t Breathe

An hour and a half, single-location, edge-of-the-seat thriller, that combines the tension and claustrophobia of something like Assault on Precinct 13, and the architectural cat-and-mouse of something like Die Hard. Three burglars break into the home of a blind man and, boy, did they ever fuck with the wrong guy. The Detroit urban prairie makes…

The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon is incredibly beautiful and disappears spectacularly up its own arse. It has a solid first hour, which should be the entirety of the film with the climax scene tacked on. It builds up so much capital in its first half, I was like, this can be as slow as it wants, it’s…