Walter Hill is, like Jonathan Demme, one of those unsung American auteurs who has contributed greatly to the popular culture but rarely gets the attention or recognition that he rightfully deserves. Hill has been instrumental in a number of key cultural touchstones in decades past – everything from the Alien franchise to HBO’s Tales from the Crypt series – and remains active and creative (his last film was The Assignment, released theatrically in 2017), even if his output isn’t as regular or mainstream. What’s remarkable about Hill is that almost from the get-go, he had cultivated what a “…