Know the Cast: ‘The Afterparty’
‘The Afterparty’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Christopher Miller’s Apple TV+ series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘The Afterparty’
‘The Afterparty’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Christopher Miller’s Apple TV+ series.
Fargo Film Festival Review: Sabrina Doyle’s ‘Lorelei’
“Good onscreen chemistry between Jena Malone and Pablo Schreiber lifts the filmmaker’s debut feature out of traps set by occasionally mundane dialogue and predictable complications.”
Review: Richard Bates Jr.’s ‘King Knight’
“‘King Knight’ isn’t terribly substantial overall, with much of the central premise built on being weird for weird’s sake.”
Know the Cast: ‘The Starling’
The Starling Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Theodore Melfi’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Squid Game’
Squid Game Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Dong-hyuk Hwang’s Netflix series.
Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Matters
“As always, Spike Lee asks all the right questions, and it’s up to us to recognize that even though the answers may not be ones we want to hear, we need to grapple with them all the same.”
Know the Cast: ‘No Time to Die’
No Time to Die Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s 2021 James Bond movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Sounds Like Love’
Sounds Like Love Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Juana Macías’ 2021 Netflix movie (Fuimos canciones).
Know the Cast: ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’
Impeachment: American Crime Story Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the 2021 FX series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’ Season 1
‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Netflix’s 2021 limited series.
Review: David Lowery’s ‘The Green Knight’
“The Green Knight’s impactful imagery and intensity outweigh its sometimes overly cryptic metaphors, allowing for quality entertainment.”
Review: Milena Lurie’s ‘Entangled’
“‘Entangled’ feels like a clunky ‘Love in New York’ story during the first hour, but ultimately transforms into a moving tale about self-love and acceptance.”
Why Criticism: Against Nostalgia
“More than ever, it is crucial to contemplate what this nostalgia phenomenon means for the future of the arts and our discomfort with the new. Will there be a ‘new’ in the new world?”
Album Review: Bright Eyes ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’
“After a rough decade out in the wild, Oberst is home and doing what he knows best.”
Collecting Movies with Author Melissa Maerz
Greg Carlson Interviews ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ Author Melissa Maerz About Movie Collecting
Interview with ‘Pagglait’ Filmmaker Umesh Bist
Dipankar Sarkar Interviews ‘Pagglait’ Filmmaker Umesh Bist
Collecting Movies with ‘Riplist’ Director Mike Scholtz
Greg Carlson Interviews Documentarian Mike Scholtz About VHS Collecting
Review: Ivan Ayr’s ‘Soni’
“Despite being a well-intentioned art house film, ‘Soni’ somehow fails to create an impressionistic effect and often feels cliched. But what’s commendable is the character treatment by the debutant director, Ayr.”
‘It Chapter Two’ Sinks, Then Treads Water
“‘It Chapter Two’ ends up as a self-conscious adolescent that nervously giggles any time it’s on the verge of doing something profound; a cringe-inducing ‘no homo’ walk-back writ large to avoid accusations of nastiness or tenderness.”
