Know the Cast: ‘Mission: Impossible II’
‘Mission: Impossible II’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in John Woo’s 2000 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Bourne Identity’
‘The Bourne’ Identity Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Doug Liman’s 2002 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Final Destination’
‘The Final Destination’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in David R. Ellis’ 2009 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Gladiator’
‘Gladiator’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Ridley Scott’s 2000 movie.
Know the Cast: ’28 Days Later’
’28 Days Later’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Danny Boyle’s 2002 movie.
‘Batman Begins’: The B-List Rises
“Nolan’s radical approach with ‘Batman Begins’ forever changed multimedia synergy and the very nature of action films.”
Know the Cast: ‘Final Destination 3’
‘Final Destination 3’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in James Wong’s 2006 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Final Destination 3’
‘Final Destination 3’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in James Wong’s 2006 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Final Destination 2’
‘Final Destination’ 2 Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in the 2003 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Final Destination’
‘Final Destination’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in James Wong’s 2000 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Final Destination’
‘Final Destination’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in James Wong’s 2000 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Meet the Parents’
‘Meet the Parents’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jay Roach’s 2000 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Meet the Parents’
‘Meet the Parents’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jay Roach’s 2000 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Fast and the Furious’
‘The Fast and the Furious’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Rob Cohen’s 2001 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Strangers’
‘The Strangers’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Bryan Bertino’s 2008 movie.
Crime Scene #13: ‘Memories of Murder’ and Rainy Remembrances
“It’s a sense of Korean specificity that defines ‘Memories of Murder,’ which is still the best of Bong’s films.”
That Building Had It Coming: Distance and Disgust in the Anti-Comedy Playground
“In Alverson’s hands, anti-comedy becomes a new kind of gothic — it is the world viewed through a warped, sinister lens; a fresh excavation of the unspeakable through outsized comedic strategies.”
Crime Scene #12: ‘Amores Perros’ and Gringo Cinema
“‘Amores Perros’ is almost entirely disinterested in its central location. It feels like a film made not to speak truth to Mexican audiences, but to present a hyperreal version of Mexico for international audiences.”
Constructing a Madman: Lee Harvey Oswald’s Screen Life
“In our attempt to fill in the gaps of the Oswald character, we recast him again and again, hoping that the latest iteration will reveal a previously hidden angle.”
Crime Scene #6: ‘Time and Tide’ – A Hong Kong Elegy
“‘Time and Tide’ seems to gaze both forward and backwards at once, its breaking down of editing structure creating a strange discombobulating effect.”