Shockyo has posted their review of The Neon Demon and gave it a B- overall with a B- for the story, B for the acting and a B+ for technical.
CutPrintFilm has a piece up on The Neon Demon soundtrack. They said the following:
The Neon Demon Soundtrack is a must listen for any fan of Cliff Martinez … and any fan of film composition for that matter. Its the sort of music that you can actually see. And feel. Its the sort of music you’ll want to listen to over and over again. And you should. Much like a great movie, you will experience something different every time through. That’s as much ask you can as for from an album – let alone a soundtrack.
The NYTimes ran their telephone interview with Nicolas Winding Refn last Friday. Thanks to one on my readers for pointing out the following comment on Keanu:
The film can be ham-fisted in its use of metaphor, perhaps most strikingly with the presence of Mr. Reeves, who Mr. Refn says, “represents a certain aura of the mythology of Hollywood.” Casting such a symbol as a predator functions as a bit of a Trojan horse, he said. “Using Keanu in that world is very subversive because you automatically react one way when you first introduce him.
“At Cannes, people were applauding the minute he opens the door. There was this kind of familiarity in a very pleasurable way. But then once it starts to evolve into a completely different arena, everything in our expectations change.”
Update: Bloody Disgusting has posted their review of The Neon Demon.