Crime Scene #19: ‘Only the River Flows’ – A Detective Goes Around the Bend
‘Like many great crime films, ‘Only the River Flows’ makes full use of its setting, delivering a grimy and ugly story that suits its grimy and ugly central location.”
Feeling Like a Winner: Elliott Gould’s Hollywood Hot Streak
“Gould’s persona upended traditional notions of cinematic masculinity in its appeal to a generational fatigue and ambivalence; his sexual magnetism eschewed the amatory codes of the traditional leading man.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Killer’
‘The Killer’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in John Woo’s 2024 Peacock movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Le Samouraï’
‘Le Samourai’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 movie.
Crime Scene #18: ‘Victims of Sin’ – Nightclubbing with Ninón Sevilla
“‘Victims of Sin’ certainly is a product of its time and place in regard to its prescriptivism, but Fernández’s movie far surpasses its simpler elements because of its rather glorious and noirish textures.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Instigators’
‘The Instigators’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Doug Liman’s 2024 Apple TV+ movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Trap’
‘Trap’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2024 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Instigators’
‘The Instigators’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Doug Liman’s 2024 Apple TV+ movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Bikeriders’
‘The Bikeriders’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jeff Nichols’ 2023 movie.
Review: Ran Huang’s ‘What Remains’
“‘What Remains’ is a low-key stylish film about human potential and the elevation of consciousness, though Huang keeps the audience trapped in a dark and uncomfortable place with his cryptic storytelling.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’
‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Poppy Cogan’s Netflix series.
Know the Cast: ‘Borderless Fog’
‘Borderless Fog’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Edwin’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam’
‘Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in David Terry Fine’s 2024 docuseries.
Know the Cast: ‘Longlegs’
‘Longlegs’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Oz Perkins’ 2024 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Bad Boys’
‘Bad Boys’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Michael Bay’s 1995 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘MaXXXine’
‘MaXXXine’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Ti West’s 2024 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Monkey Man’
‘Monkey Man’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Dev Patel’s 2024 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Mark Molloy’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Mark Molloy’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Monkey Man’
‘Monkey Man’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Dev Patel’s 2024 movie.