The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon's jaw-dropping depravity will leave you wondering whether to howl or cheer.

'Neon Demon': Elle Fanning mesmerizes in brutal masterpiece.

Spectacular, gross and delicious (so unsavory it’s almost sweet), the film is more proof of Refn’s mastery of his trash aesthetic and more fun than anything this indulgent and e...

The Neon Demon is another dreamy L.A. thriller from the director of Drive.

In a tale as old as Hollywood, 16-year-old Jesse (Fanning) arrives in L.A. with dreams of a high-fashion modeling career. Staying in a run-down, but incredibly art-directed mote...

Nicolas Winding Refn’s superslick Neon Demon seduces and befuddles.

This time, Refn fetishizes femininity the way his films Drive and Only God Forgives fetishize masculinity.

The Neon Demon works best when it leans into the darkest, black-hearted depths of the fashion industry, much like Starry Eyes did with acting and Black Swan did with ballet.

"The Neon Demon" only works when Refn finds the right middle ground between obliquely hinting at and explicitly spelling out what his movie's about. He constantly plumbs his id,...

Sixteen-year-old Jesse (Elle Fanning) arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of being a model. Encouraged by make-up artist Ruby (Jena Malone) she becomes the It Girl among high-end...

Let me tell you all the good things about Nicolas Winding Refn's high-art, lowbrow horror film The Neon Demon before I tell you what I will not tolerate.

There is style and chutzpah in this vampiric story of supermodel cannibals – as well as a superb central turn from Elle Fanning – yet it lacks the focus and wallop of his earlie...

The ending will shock just about everyone, but to what end? Neon Demon is as beautiful and empty as the industry it sends up.

The “Drive” director’s carnivorous glam-horror starring Elle Fanning as an up-and-coming model is long on pretty poison, short on lasting provocation.

The most glaring proof of The Neon Demon’s failure is how stultifying it is. Although Only God Forgives’ risible attempt at elevating its sordid narrative through Freudian conce...

Nicolas Winding Refn has made a baroquely kinky gross-out surrealist horror film set in the L.A. fashion world. It's not boring, but there's less to it than meets the eyeball.

The simmering insinuations of Nicolas Winding Refn's film eventually flower into full-on exploitation.

By the end of the movie, Refn has toyed with cannibalism, lesbian necrophilia, the egestion of an eyeball, and other minor sports, all of them filmed in lavish taste. It’s enoug...

Elle Fanning stars as a teen model who stirs jealousy and desire in Nicolas Winding Refn's new thriller.

It’s pretty. It’s empty. It’s pretty empty.

‘The Neon Demon’ is only skin deep.

It's Elle Fanning vs. Hollywood predators in Nicolas Winding Refn's D.O.A. take on Hell-Ay.

The Neon Demon is hot garbage that dares you to call it offensive. In addition, it’s offensive.

If Refn is trying to skewer our cultural fixation with youth and good looks, his blade isn’t up to the task. The Neon Demon attacks, but indiscriminately. It’s sharp-looking but...