Review: Agnieszka Smoczynska’s ‘The Silent Twins’
“‘The Silent Twins’ plugs away without the urgency or rising stakes that would invite viewers to identify with the special world inhabited by the female protagonists.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
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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.
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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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“‘The Silent Twins’ plugs away without the urgency or rising stakes that would invite viewers to identify with the special world inhabited by the female protagonists.”
‘Blonde’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Andrew Dominik’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘Blonde’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Andrew Dominik’s 2022 Netflix movie.
“‘Do Revenge’ may not appeal to 40-somethings who grew up with ‘Reality Bites’ or ‘American Pie,’ but the character dynamics will indeed resonate with younger moviegoers who care more about individualism and transparency than reductive identity politics.”
‘Do Revenge’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘Do Revenge’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘The Imperfects’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Shelley Eriksen and Dennis Heaton’s Netflix series.
‘Partner Track’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Georgia Lee’s Netflix series.
“‘Speak No Evil’ is a horror-comedy of manners, and the performances are solid throughout, particularly from the children, but the movie’s cynical, meaningless and utterly contrived conclusion feels like a cheat after everything that’s come before.”
‘The Imperfects’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Shelley Eriksen and Dennis Heaton’s Netflix series.
‘I Came By’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Babak Anvari’s 2022 Netflix movie.
“‘Neptune Frost’ challenges and frustrates, and often leaves one wishing for more clarity. But it is filled with poetry, and it understands the importance of projecting an alternative to our reality.”
‘American Gigolo’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in David Hollander’s Showtime series.
‘American Gigolo’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in David Hollander’s Showtime series.
‘No Limit’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in David M. Rosenthal’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘No Limit’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in David M. Rosenthal’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘End of the Road’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Millicent Shelton’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘End of the Road’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Millicent Shelton’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘Devil in Ohio’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Daria Polatin’s 2022 Netflix miniseries.
“‘Loving Highsmith’ is like a carefully curated Instagram account — it tells part of the story and avoids the messy stuff.”