TIFF Review: Mรฉlanie Laurent’s ‘The Mad Women’s Ball’
“‘The Mad Womenโs Ball’ is a squandered opportunity when considering the richness of both the source material and the many stories encapsulated within the asylum walls.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
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“‘The Mad Womenโs Ball’ is a squandered opportunity when considering the richness of both the source material and the many stories encapsulated within the asylum walls.”
‘Scenes from a Marriage’ Cast: A guide for every performer and character in the 2021 HBO series.
‘Kin’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Ciaran Donnelly and Peter McKenna’s AMC series.
‘American Rust’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Dan Futterman’s Showtime series.
‘Prey’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Thomas Sieben’s 2021 Netflix movie.
‘Firedrake the Silver Dragon’ Voice Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Tomer Eshed’s 2021 Netflix Movie.
“At 100 minutes, ‘Bad Candy’ should be the ideal length for an anthology, but it feels equally overlong and rushed. The tone is also disconcertingly serious for such lowbrow material.”
‘Malignant’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in James Wan’s 2021 movie.
‘The Voyeurs’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Michael Mohan’s 2021 Amazon Prime movie.
‘The Voyeurs’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Michael Mohan’s 2021 Amazon movie.
‘Kate’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s 2021 Netflix movie.
‘Blood Brothers’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Marcus A. Clarke’s 2021 Netflix documentary about Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.
‘JJ+E’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Alexis Almstrรถm’s 2021 Netflix movie (also known as Vinterviken).
‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ Soundtrack – A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in the FX series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Aahuti Interview: A conversation between Vague Visages’ Dipankar Sarkar and Indian filmmaker Lubdhak Chatterjee.
‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the 2021 FX series.
‘JJ+E’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Alexis Almstrรถm’s 2021 Netflix movie.
‘On the Verge’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Julie Delpy’s Netflix series.
“‘For Madmen Only’ is essential viewing for comedy and improvisation hounds, but Ross must be praised for her ability to appeal to general audiences as well as hardcore scholars.”
‘Cinderella’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Kay Cannon’s 2021 Amazon movie.