Review: Drew Hancock’s ‘Companion’
“‘Companion’ is fiercely, unabashedly feminist.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
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Origins:Ā Inspired by the cinema movement known as La Nouvelle Vague, Q.V. Hough created an image-based blog called āFaces of the French New Waveā in 2014. For a creative twist, the siteās name quickly changed to āVague Visagesā (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.
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In 2014, Q.V. founded Vague Visages.Ā 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).Ā Q.V. has also written for RogerEbert.com,Ā Fandor and Crooked Marquee. He committed to Vague Visages full-time in August 2021.
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“‘Companion’ is fiercely, unabashedly feminist.”
“‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ may be illuminating for younger viewers at face value for how it doesnāt shy away from the horrors of war from a survivor’s perspective…”
‘Kinda Pregnant’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Tyler Spindelās 2025 Netflix movie.
“I imagine that Mooney most likely pitched ‘Y2K’ as a mash-up of ‘Superbad’ and current trends, and that’s exactly how it goes down — a bunch of derivative gags in a feature film format for nostalgic pop culture consumers.”
‘Prime Target’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Steve Thompson’s 2025 Apple TV+ miniseries.
‘Y2K’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Kyle Mooney’s 2024 movie.
‘Lucca’s World’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Mariana Chenillo’s 2025 Netflix movie.
‘Lucca’s World’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Mariana Chenillo’s 2025 Netflix movie.
‘Y2K’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Kyle Mooney’s 2024 movie.
‘Anora’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Sean Baker’s 2024 movie.
‘A Real Pain’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jesse Eisenberg’s 2024 movie.
‘The Six Triple Eight’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Tyler Perry’s 2024 Netflix movie.
‘Paradise’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Dan Fogelman’s Hulu series.
‘Paradise’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Dan Fogelman’s Hulu series.
‘Prime Target’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Steve Thompson’s 2025 Apple TV+ miniseries.
‘The Pitt’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in R. Scott Gemmill’s HBO Max series.
“‘Bye Bye Love’ is very enjoyable, but its central story is neither as involving or as subversive as it perceives itself to be when leaving the frankness of its bedroom scenes behind.”
“Crane and Shepka’s exploration of the human condition in ‘Dead Before They Wake’ justifies a second watch, though their cinematography could use some work the next time around, in terms of establishing a specific style.”
‘Den of Thieves’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Christian Gudegast’s 2018 movie.
‘Blink Twice’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in ZoĆ« Kravitz’s 2024 movie.