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At Cannes, Sophie Thatcher details sleepless nights promoting Her Private Hell, the intense, mentor-like bond with Nicolas Winding Refn, and how the film’s stylized, studio-driven world pushed her to improvise and seek more European directing projects, like Wim Wenders.
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 returns to cinema with Her Private Hell at Cannes (out of competition), a surreal, visually lush experience that emphasizes mood and Pino Donaggio’s emotive score over traditional storytelling. Set in a dreamlike, neon-lit megacity, the film follows Elle (Sophie Thatcher) as a high-stakes film shoot spirals into mysticism, murder, and the Leather Man, with Private K (Charles Melton) appearing like a spectral avenger. Echoing Bergman’s Persona and 2001-era imagery, the movie is a bold, polarizing blend of style and ambiguity that marks Refn’s first feature since Neon Demon and his near-fatal heart condition, signaling a daring, if divisive, new direction for his work.
Nicolas Winding Refn unveiled Her Private Hell at Cannes to a seven-minute standing ovation despite it premiering out of competition; led by Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton, the provocative thriller follows a tortured star and a vengeance-seeking Army private as Refn used the moment to reflect on cinema’s power after a near-death experience, with Neon planning a July 24 U.S. release.
At Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn's psychedelic sci‑fi drama Her Private Hell earned a 12‑minute standing ovation at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the second-longest of the night; the film, out of competition, stars Sophie Thatcher, Havana Rose Liu and Charles Melton. Refn, who recently survived heart surgery, used his speech to champion cinema as a unifying force and paid a nod to composer Pino Donaggio, as Neon sets a July 24 U.S. release date.
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.
Sophie Thatcher, breakout star of Yellowjackets and The Book of Boba Fett, discusses her lead role in the upcoming horror film The Boogeyman and bonding with co-star Vivien Lyra Blair over their shared experiences filming Star Wars projects. Thatcher also reflects on her time filming Yellowjackets, including the haunted cabin set and the scene that cost her the most sleep. The Boogeyman opens in theaters on June 2.
"The Boogeyman," a horror movie based on a Stephen King short story, follows a family haunted by a supernatural killer after the death of their mother. However, the film's murky plot and lack of detail make it frustratingly difficult to follow, and the monster never takes satisfying shape. Despite a promising start, "The Boogeyman" struggles to deliver scares and relies heavily on sound design. Starring Chris Messina and Sophie Thatcher, the film is directed by Rob Savage and rated PG-13.
Sophie Thatcher, who plays Natalie in Showtime's hit series Yellowjackets, discusses the shocking season two finale and the fate of her character. Thatcher reveals that she and her co-stars were not privy to the major plot twists and that Juliette Lewis confirmed her departure from the show during season two press. Thatcher also discusses the emotional final scene she filmed with Lewis and the impact of her character's tragic ending.
In the penultimate episode of Yellowjackets season two, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) allows Javi (Luciano Leroux) to drown, making a complicit trade in her place. This decision marks a turning point for her character, who becomes haunted by guilt and spirals into addiction in season one. Thatcher says this episode provides clarity for Natalie's character and connects the dots between her younger self and the tortured adult character played by Juliette Lewis. The episode also helps to explain the demons carried by adult Travis (Andres Soto), Javi’s brother, who killed himself in season one, adding another layer of guilt for Natalie.