Review: Sion Sono’s ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’
“‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’ is like a failed yet well-made pilot episode, one that teases high drama but doesn’t have anything interesting to say about the characters.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Finch’
Finch Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Miguel Sapochnik’s 2021 Apple TV+ movie starring Tom Hanks.
Know the Cast: ‘Finch’
Finch Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Miguel Sapochnik’s 2021 Apple TV+ movie starring Tom Hanks.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Titane’
Titane Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Julia Ducournau’s 2021 body horror movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Titane’
Titane Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Julia Ducournau’s acclaimed 2021 film.
Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’: Influence, (Sur)Realism and the Avant-Garde
“Ducournau’s approach to cinematic lineage and influence in ‘Titane’ is a complicated one, as she develops her singular filmmaking style into something even more evasive and intricate than in ‘Raw.'”
Know the Cast: ‘Green Lantern’
Green Lantern Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the 2011 movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.
Know the Cast: ‘Manifest’
Manifest Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the supernatural series (now streaming on Netflix).
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Open Your Eyes’ Season 1
Open Your Eyes Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in season 1 of the Polish Netflix series.
Review: Eddie Arya’s ‘Risen’
“‘Risen’ won’t fare well with impatient streamers. Writer-director Eddie Arya should be applauded for his creative ambition, but even the most forward-thinking filmmakers need strong performances to sell their product.”
Know the Cast: ‘Reminiscence’
Reminiscence Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Lisa Joy’s 2021 science fiction movie.
‘The Flesh Eaters’ and Early American Gore Cinema
“Jack Curtis’ 1964 feature ‘The Flesh Eaters’ deserves consideration as a lost figurehead of the gore genre, and one of its more formative efforts.”
WOMAN: At the Heart of James Cameron’s Filmmaking
“If you’re looking for feminism, don’t look at James Cameron — look at his films.”
VVoices: Best M. Night Shyamalan Film
VVoices #7: Vague Visages Contributors on the Best M. Night Shyamalan Film
Review: Cate Shortland’s ‘Black Widow’
“Shortland brings her keen feature filmmaking chops to ‘Black Widow’ as a welcome addition to the talented pool of storytellers who can match the Kevin Feige house style without any significant artistic compromise.”
Review: John Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place Part II’
“‘A Quiet Place Part II’ depicts quietness as a strength, and the film’s release shows that the quietness of the past year can be resolved through the mutable, powerful sensibilities of cinema.”
Review: Ryan Kruger’s ‘Fried Barry’
“‘Fried Barry’ is busy and overstuffed, but it’s also an incredibly promising and deeply weird reinvention of the body invasion thriller; a strange, disorienting and ultimately rewarding experience.”
Netflix Review: Alexandre Aja’s ‘Oxygen’
“Oxygen’s relevance strikes like lightning in a year when time is measured less by Earth’s tilt and more by first wave, second wave, red phase, yellow phase; not by time passing daily, but by how much danger remains in the room.”
Review: Steven Kostanski’s ‘Psycho Goreman’
“‘Psycho Goreman’ is delightfully dark, whimsical, charming and frequently laugh-out-loud funny.”
Review: Anthony Scott Burns’ ‘Come True’
“Stone has the look of a teenager with the earned maturity of someone who’s been through some heavy shit, which lent itself well to her teenage prostitute in ‘Honey Bee’ and works just as brilliantly in ‘Come True.'”
