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A Washington Post column visits Hotel Chelsea for an art installation pairing Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn that channels the landmark’s past grime and glamour, conjuring ghosts of its storied history while bridging film and game culture.
Nicolas Winding Refn returns to feature filmmaking with Her Private Hell, a visually lavish Cannes premiere presented out of competition. The film blends a neon-lit hotel setting, a demonic Leather Man, and a Tokyo sequence to homage giallo and Brian De Palma, all wrapped in Refn’s signature elevated-genre sensibility. While the production design and cinematography are arresting, the narrative often feels overindulgent and contrived, making the experience punishingly slow for non–diehard fans. The 1 hour 49 minute film marks a ten-year gap since his last feature and reinforces Refn’s status as a polarizing auteur whose obsession with style can outpace storytelling.
Nicolas Winding Refn makes a high-profile return to cinema with a neon-drenched teaser for Her Private Hell, starring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton. Premiering out of competition at Cannes, the plot follows a troubled young woman and an American GI as they navigate a mist-enshrouded metropolis in a venture that roams between rescue and hellish peril; Neon will release the film in theaters on July 24, 2026.