Know the Cast: ‘The Lowdown’
‘The Lowdown’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Sterlin Harjo’s FX series.
LFF 2025 Review: Rian Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
“‘Wake Up Dead Man’ transforms into something more impactful by sincerely and non-judgmentally attempting to grapple with faith from an atheist’s perspective.”
Building the New Queer Canon #7: Carmen Emmi’s ‘Plainclothes’
“‘Plainclothes’ isn’t necessarily a kinky film — it just does better than most tales of life in the closet to explain why this can be more alluring than coming out and finding somewhere to make these connections in the open.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘The Lowdown’
‘The Lowdown’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Sterlin Harjo’s FX series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Freaky Tales’
‘Freaky Tales’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s 2024 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Swiped’
‘Swiped’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s 2025 Hulu movie.
Review: Bill Fishman’s ‘Waltzing with Brando’
“‘Waltzing with Brando’ suffers from a sluggish rhythm and lack of narrative drive because it focuses on the wrong character and the wrong aspect of the subject’s life.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Black Rabbit’
‘Black Rabbit’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s 2025 Netflix miniseries.
Busan International Film Festival Review: Anoop Lokkur’s ‘Don’t Tell Mother’
“‘Don’t Tell Mother’ is an assured debut, less concerned with plot points than with the tremors of lived moments rippling through its gently stirring narrative.”
Know the Cast: ‘Swiped’
‘Swiped’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s 2025 Hulu movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Black Rabbit’
‘Black Rabbit’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s 2025 Netflix miniseries.
Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’
“In ‘One Battle After Another,’ the political is inextricable from the personal, in a way that transcends a mere commentary on Trump’s America.”
Review: Racheal Cain’s ‘Somnium’
“‘Somnium’ is rather predictable, as first-time feature filmmakers like Cain tend to prioritize visual design over the nuts and bolts of their script.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’
“The biggest problem with ‘The Smashing Machine’ is that Safdie simply doesn’t bring anything new to the table in terms of style or ideas.”
An Interview with ‘Ghich Pich’ Filmmaker Ankur Singla
‘Ghich Pich’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Ankur Singla.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Wrong Paris’
‘The Wrong Paris’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Janeen Damian’s 2025 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Wrong Paris’
‘The Wrong Paris’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Janeen Damian’s 2025 Netflix movie.
TIFF 2025 Review: Óliver Laxe’s ‘Sirāt’
“What I really appreciate about ‘Sirāt’ is Laxe’s constant bucking of expectations.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s ‘A Useful Ghost’
“As interesting as ‘A Useful Ghost’ is in concept, it’s a typical film by a talented debut artist and storyteller, one with a litany of ideas but no clear voice that brings them together.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Sinners’
‘Sinners’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Ryan Coogler’s 2025 movie.