London Film Festival Review: Anh Hung Tran’s ‘The Taste of Things’
“There is no one better at channelling the multi-faceted force of joy than Binoche, whose entrancing performance grounds ‘The Taste of Things’ in its gentle tragedy.”
This category is a Vague Visages archive for movie, TV and music content from the 2020s.
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“There is no one better at channelling the multi-faceted force of joy than Binoche, whose entrancing performance grounds ‘The Taste of Things’ in its gentle tragedy.”
‘Bodies’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Paul Tomalin’s Netflix series.
‘Bodies’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Paul Tomalin’s Netflix series.
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‘A Million Miles Away’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Alejandra Márquez Abella’s 2023 Amazon movie.
‘The Mill’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in the Sean King O’Grady’s 2023 Hulu movie.
“‘The New Boy’ is a film of deep, mystical qualities, and I can’t wait to revisit it.”
‘The Burial’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Maggie Betts’ 2023 Amazon movie.
‘The Conference’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Patrik Eklund’s 2023 Netflix movie.
‘The Burial’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Maggie Betts’ 2023 Amazon movie.
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Lee Eisenberg’s Apple TV+ series.
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Lee Eisenberg’s Apple TV+ series.
“‘All of Us Strangers’ is a film that becomes all the more haunting the further from it you get.”
‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix miniseries.
‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Mike Flanagan’s 2023 Netflix miniseries.
‘Awareness’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Daniel Benmayor’s 2023 Amazon movie.
‘Awareness’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Daniel Benmayor’s 2023 Amazon movie.
‘The Covenant’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Guy Ritchie’s 2023 Amazon movie.
‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Lindsey Anderson Beer’s 2023 Paramount+ movie.