‘House of Gucci’: A Disappointing Oddity
“Right from the get-go in ‘House of Gucci,’ it’s clear that something is amiss.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
About Vague Visages:
Mission: Vague Visages aims to publish high-quality writing about world cinema and culture. The site maintains a balance of indie and mainstream coverage, allowing for a unique blend of perspectives.
Origins: Inspired by the cinema movement known as La Nouvelle Vague, Q.V. Hough created an image-based blog called “Faces of the French New Wave” in 2014. For a creative twist, the site’s name quickly changed to “Vague Visages” (aka Wave Faces) in honor of French New Wave filmmakers and American indie filmmaker John Cassavetes (director of the 1968 film Faces).
Shift to Film Criticism: Q.V. moved Vague Visages from Blogger to WordPress in late 2014, using the French publication Cahiers du cinéma as a thematic model.
About Q.V. Hough:
Q.V. (Quinn) Hough is Vague Visages’ founding editor and a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic. After graduating from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota) in 2004 with degrees in Communication-Mass Media, History and Classical Studies, he lived in Hollywood, California from 2006 to 2012. Q.V. worked closely with ABC On-Air Promotions as the production manager for LUSSIER. He previously co-hosted Concordia On-Air for three semesters before moving to Los Angeles.
In 2014, Q.V. founded Vague Visages. While developing the site, he wrote 600 video scripts and one e-book for WatchMojo (2014-17), along with 2,000 articles for Screen Rant (2018-21). Q.V. has also written for RogerEbert.com, Fandor and Crooked Marquee. He committed to Vague Visages full-time in August 2021.
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“Right from the get-go in ‘House of Gucci,’ it’s clear that something is amiss.”
‘A Castle for Christmas’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Mary Lambert’s 2021 Netflix movie.
‘A Castle for Christmas’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Mary Lambert’s 2021 Netflix movie.
‘8-Bit Christmas’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Michael Dowse’s 2021 HBO Max movie.
‘8-Bit Christmas’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Michael Dowse’s 2021 HBO Max movie.
‘True Story’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Eric Newman’s Netflix miniseries.
‘True Story’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Eric Newman’s Netflix miniseries.
‘Black Friday’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Casey Tebo’s 2021 movie.
‘Jagged’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Alison Klayman’s HBO Max documentary about musician Alanis Morissette.
‘The Humans’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Stephen Karam’s 2021 movie.
‘The Humans’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Stephen Karam’s 2021 movie.
‘Bruised’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Halle Berry’s Netflix movie.
‘Bruised’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Halle Berry’s Netflix movie.
‘A Boy Called Christmas’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Gil Kenan’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Vague Visages’ Joey Keogh and filmmaker Malcolm Ingram discuss the 2021 Kevin Smith documentary ‘Clerk.’
‘Outlaws’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Daniel Monzón’s 2021 movie.
‘Outlaws’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Daniel Monzón’s 2021 movie.
“‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ is like a failed yet well-made pilot episode, one that teases high drama but doesn’t have anything interesting to say about the characters.”
“The biggest takeaway from ‘Clerk,’ aside from the fact that the terrific Joey Lauren Adams should’ve had a bigger career, is that nobody is more surprised by Smith’s success than the man himself.”
‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Mindy Kaling’s HBO Max series.