Review: Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Mariner of the Mountains’
“A sense of unfulfilled longing characterizes ‘Mariner of the Mountains,’ and results in a film in which everything is tantalizingly incomplete, the way many lives are.”
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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“A sense of unfulfilled longing characterizes ‘Mariner of the Mountains,’ and results in a film in which everything is tantalizingly incomplete, the way many lives are.”
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‘F*ck Love Too’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Appie Boudellah and Aram van de Rest’s 2022 Netflix movie.
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‘The Valet’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Richard Wong’s 2022 Hulu movie.
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‘A Perfect Pairing’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Stuart McDonald’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘A Perfect Pairing’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Stuart McDonald’s 2022 Netflix movie.
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‘The Perfect Family’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Arantxa Echevarría’s 2021 movie.
‘Toscana’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Mehdi Avaz’s 2022 Netflix movie.
‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Steven Moffat’s HBO series.
‘The Essex Serpent’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Clio Barnard’s Apple TV+ series.
‘The Twin’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Taneli Mustonen’s 2022 Shudder movie.
‘Our Father’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Lucie Jourdan’s 2022 Netflix documentary.