Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Crimes of the Future’
‘Crimes of the Future’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in David Cronenberg’s 2022 movie.
Collecting Movies with Raymond Rea
Raymond Rea Interview: Greg Carlson and the filmmaker/educator discuss movie collecting.
Visions of the Future from 1995: Touching with Synthetic Hands
Visions of the Future from 1995: Touching with Synthetic Hands by D.M. Palmer: “These films posited that to dream in public, to build new worlds on this freshly privatized terrain, was to risk new and previously inconceivable forms of personal ruin.”
‘Nope’: Jordan Peele Goes West in Imaginative Genre Mash-Up
“One of the most refreshing dimensions of ‘Nope’ resides in Peele’s willingness to trust viewers to follow him into unexpected territory.”
Visions of the Future from 1995: I Am the Law
“The capacity to dehumanize has always been present in cinema; to witness the vanquishing of enemies on the screen has served a cathartic function for every society in which cinema has taken hold.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Resident Evil’
‘Resident Evil’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Andrew Dabb’s Netflix series.
Know the Cast: ‘Resident Evil’
‘Resident Evil’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Andrew Dabb’s Netflix series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Blasted’
‘Blasted’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Martin Sofiedal’s 2022 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Blasted’
‘Blasted’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Martin Sofiedal’s 2022 Netflix movie.
Visions of the Future from 1995: The World Is Screwed
“‘Waterworld,’ ’12 Monkeys’ and ‘Tank Girl’ posit that when a civilization collapses, many of its customs will be upheld through authoritarian means…”
Femme Fatales in ‘Batman Returns’ and ‘Batman & Robin’
“With ‘Batman Returns’ and ‘Batman & Robin,’ Burton and Schumacher apply their collaborative and authorial sensibilities to iconic female villains.”
A Sharp Scalpel: David Cronenberg Cuts ‘Crimes of the Future’
“‘Crimes of the Future’ doesn’t offer the same opportunities of mid-2000s highlights like ‘A History of Violence’ and ‘Eastern Promises,’ but Mortensen balances the ridiculous and the sublime like few others.”
Death Is Not the End: Self-Destruction in the Films of David Cronenberg
“Perhaps David Cronenberg is owed another kind of reputation: that of a humanist filmmaker who observes and questions, who understands our pain and sorrow as well as our ambitions both intellectual and libidinous.”
Know the Cast: ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the Disney+ miniseries.
The Volume: The Final Stage
“The old silver screens have reached their limit, and even 4K will become passé. Perhaps it’s time for Hollywood and theater chains to up the ante by investing in venues and screens similar to the Volume.”
Review: Alex Garland’s ‘Men’
“‘Men,’ Garland’s latest, will draw the filmmaker’s faithful, but the modest environs, esoteric posture and open text most likely won’t translate to massive financial success.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Firestarter’
‘Firestarter’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Keith Thomas’ 2022 movie.
Recovery, Survival and Extinction: Abel Ferrara’s Exile Cycle
“Few artists have dreamt more boldly and defiantly in their exile than Ferrara; he has faced up to the dark towers of commerce and coercion, the systemic violence that is rationalized and sanctioned to peak efficiency by the prevailing conditions.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Corrective Measures’
‘Corrective Measures’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Sean Patrick O’Reilly’s 2022 Tubi movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Moonshot’
‘Moonshot’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Chris Winterbauer’s 2022 HBO Max movie.