Manchester Film Festival Review: Dan Pringle’s ‘Die Before You Die’
“‘Die Before You Die’ is a solid independent horror film that, in its best moments, balances effective satire with claustrophobic terror.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
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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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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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“‘Die Before You Die’ is a solid independent horror film that, in its best moments, balances effective satire with claustrophobic terror.”
‘Bandidos’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Pablo Tébar’s Netflix series.
‘Road House’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Doug Liman’s 2024 Amazon movie.
‘Palm Royale’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Abe Sylvia’s Apple TV+ series.
“‘Hundreds of Beavers’ stands on its own as one of the best rollercoaster-like films of the 2020s, but there’s also potential for a silent cinema-themed series starring Tews and Graves.”
“A unique sense of intimacy arguably makes ‘Lady Like’ the strongest of all the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ documentaries produced so far, but that doesn’t mean it is flawless in the wider medium.”
“‘Femme’ is lean, mean, nasty, challenging, knotty, uncomfortable and disorientating — often all at once.”
‘Thadavu’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2023 movie with filmmaker Fazil Razak.
‘3 Body Problem’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo’s Netflix series.
‘3 Body Problem’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo’s Netflix series.
“Poots isn’t just good in ‘Baltimore’ — she’s breathtakingly brilliant.”
‘One Day’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Nicole Taylor’s 2024 Netflix miniseries.
‘One Day’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Nicole Taylor’s 2024 Netflix miniseries.
‘Riptide’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2024 movie with filmmaker Afrad Vk.
‘Ferrari’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Michael Mann’s 2023 movie.
‘Irish Wish’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Janeen Damian’s 2024 Netflix movie.
‘Manhunt’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Monica Beletsky’s 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries.
‘Ferrari’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Michael Mann’s 2023 movie.
‘Irish Wish’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Janeen Damian’s 2024 Netflix movie.
‘The Gentlemen’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series.