Know the Cast & Characters: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’
‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Julius Avery’s 2023 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Cocaine Bear’
‘Cocaine’ Bear Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Elizabeth Banks’ 2023 movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Cocaine Bear’
‘Cocaine Bear’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Elizabeth Banks’ 2023 movie.
Review: Joe Eddy’s ‘Bootyology’
“Eddy’s entertaining flick will presumably be a digital/midnight movie hit, if and when the Butt Gods help streamers find the film online. Godspeed, ‘Bootyology.'”
Megachurch Charms: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 3
“‘The Righteous Gemstones’ season 3 stays true to the constants that made me appreciate the show in the first place while adding more characters to love.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Untold: Hall of Shame’
‘Untold: Hall of Shame’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Bryan Storkel’s 2023 Netflix documentary.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Untold: Johnny Football’
‘Untold: Johnny Football’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Ryan Duffy’s 2023 Netflix documentary.
Review: André Øvredal’s ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’
“‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ doesn’t make enough of an impression to stand out amongst the veritable legions of other Dracula films that already exist.”
Hollywood Writers and Actors on Strike: The Latest Historic Battle
“Here in the heart of Yoknapatawpha (Lafayette) County, I think about our favorite literary son, William Faulkner, during his time as a screenwriter in Hollywood and how he would feel about the current strike by members of the WGA.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Painkiller’
‘Painkiller’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster’s 2023 Netflix miniseries.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Painkiller’
‘Painkiller’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster’s 2023 Netflix miniseries.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Malik Bendjelloul’s 2012 documentary.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Asteroid City’
‘Asteroid City’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Wes Anderson’s 2023 movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Asteroid City’
‘Asteroid City’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Wes Anderson’s 2023 movie.
Review: Thomas Hardiman’s ‘Medusa Deluxe’
“The fun of ‘Medusa Deluxe’ is less about figuring out who the murderer is and more to do with watching everybody lose their minds over their little bubble being penetrated by an outside influence they can’t control.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Heart of Stone’
‘Heart of Stone’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Tom Harper’s 2023 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Heart of Stone’
‘Heart of Stone’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Tom Harper’s 2023 Netflix movie.
Review: Inna Sahakyan’s ‘Aurora’s Sunrise’
“Seek out ‘Aurora’s Sunrise,’ sit with it, and then think about how any lingering pain can be used for good.”
Review: Corey Stanton’s ‘Trader’
“‘Trader’ is a bit too unpolished to earn a double-bill pairing with classic films about stock trading, even if the thriller earned early acclaim from genre-specific outlets.”
Crime Scene #6: ‘Time and Tide’ – A Hong Kong Elegy
“‘Time and Tide’ seems to gaze both forward and backwards at once, its breaking down of editing structure creating a strange discombobulating effect.”