This beautifully made Farsi-language vampire flick comes with subtitles, but you almost don’t need them. Nearly everything we need to know at any moment is seen in a facial expression, a gesture, a shadow, a costume, a landscape or posters on a wall. Call it an unofficial silent movie. Actress Sheila Vand, as the film’s bloodsucker, speaks little and flashes big saucer eyes under a black Iranian chador. We like her right away, even when we’re not yet sure if we should. She wanders the quiet night streets of a town on the edge of nowhere—it’s set in Iran, but was shot just outside of Bakersfield, California—and preys on bad men. It’s a film that bleeds cool with a smokey soundtrack and an eyeful of sexy black-and-white imagery (Vand’s vampire is instantly iconic.) Atmosphere counts for more than plot here, but this is more than a mere style demonstration. Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour builds a sumptuous setting out of very simple parts (desolate streets, mostly, and rows of oil derricks), draws characters in quick artful strokes and lets the whole thing unfold like a haunting song. Future cult classic here. Amirpour’s a name to watch.