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Vague Visages

Film, TV & Music • Forming the Future • Est. 2014

Review: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 22, 2023

Review: Kevin Abrams’ ‘I Got a Monster’

By Joey Keogh on March 21, 2023

Collecting Movies with Mike Flanagan

By Greg Carlson on March 20, 2023

Review: Chad Stahelski’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 15, 2023

Review: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s ‘Scream VI’

By Joey Keogh on March 15, 2023

Collecting Movies with ‘JessZilla’ Filmmaker Emily Sheskin

By Greg Carlson on March 13, 2023

Adrenaline and Virtuosic Filmmaking: Hal Ashby’s ‘8 Million Ways to Die’

By Brian Brems on August 30, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“It’s not the edge of the knife — it’s the business end of the blade.”

The Sadness of Desert Trolls: On Robert Altman’s ‘3 Women’

By Clayton Schuster on August 29, 2017

“Altman balances searing interpersonal conflicts with a visual rhythm that’s downright whimsical.”

Devious Dialogues: Mike Thorn and A.M. Stanley on ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Franchise

By Mike Thorn on August 28, 2017

Mike and Anya submitted this draft on August 25, 2017 — one day before Tobe Hooper passed away at age 74.

My Summer of Dunst: Volume 5

By Kristen Lopez on August 25, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Dunst remains in control of her persona, but she’s also at the mercy of Hollywood scheming.”

Netflix from 5 to 6: Reed Morano’s ‘Meadowland’

By Q.V. Hough on August 24, 2017

“With ‘Meadowland,’ Reed Morano doesn’t shy away from pain, and neither should Netflix viewers.”

Vague Visages Short Stories: Bleeding and Breathing Deeply by Q.V. Hough

By Q.V. Hough on August 24, 2017

Vague Visages Short Stories #7: Bleeding and Breathing Deeply by Q.V. Hough (Fargo, North Dakota)

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? – On Philippe Garrel’s ‘Frontier of the Dawn’

By James Slaymaker on August 24, 2017

“This is a love story expressed through gaping structural absences.”

Dead Bang Movie Essay - 1989 John Frankenheimer Film

Action Hero Vulnerability and Shocking Comedy in John Frankenheimer’s ‘Dead Bang’

By Brian Brems on August 23, 2017

“The vomit moment in ‘Dead Bang’ is unfailingly human.”

The Absurdity of Our World: Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’

By Peter Bell on August 22, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“With great color, style and technique, Ford haunts the audience with the disappointments of our absurd world.”

‘Fatal Attraction’ at 30

By Manuela Lazic on August 21, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Lyne does not believe in the ‘New Man.'”

Review: Matt Spicer’s ‘Ingrid Goes West’

By Clayton Schuster on August 18, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Unexplored potential aside, there is a deeper issue which casts ‘Ingrid Goes West,’ for me at least, in a pale rather than neon light.”

Review: Eliza Hittman’s ‘Beach Rats’

By Erica Peplin on August 18, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Hittman has created a powerful, sensual film about identity, loss and the complicated space that often lies between desire and expectation.”

Obsession and Compulsion: A Deep Look at ‘Single White Female’

By Nat Brehmer on August 17, 2017

“In ‘Single White Female,’ being fixated with a person’s looks, behavior and personality represents a fetishization of that person as a whole.”

‘Rampart’: A Season in the Abyss

By D.M. Palmer on August 15, 2017

“‘Rampart’ can never step out of the shadows.”

Album Review: Frankie Rose ‘Cage Tropical’

By Leslie Hatton on August 14, 2017

“The transformation of 1980s synth pop from a frequently mocked fad into a respectable modern genre has been glorious to behold.”

Hounds of Love Movie Essay - 2016 Ben Young Film

The Power of Suggestion in Ben Young’s ‘Hounds Of Love’

By Joey Keogh on August 14, 2017

“‘Hounds of Love’ makes an intriguing case for suggestion in place of an all-out, sensationalized show.”

Sunday Spaghetti: Tonino Valerii’s ‘Day of Anger (I giorni dell’ira)’

By Q.V. Hough on August 13, 2017

“‘Day of Anger’ is a tightly-structured film about societal influencers and people on the fringe that need somebody in their corner.”

Review: Fabrice Du Welz’s ‘Message from the King’ (Netflix Original)

By Q.V. Hough on August 11, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

“For the most part, ‘Message from the King’ doesn’t mess around.”

My Summer of Kirsten Dunst: Volume 4

By Kristen Lopez on August 11, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Marie Antoinette has become queen and left her partying days behind.”

Withnail & I Movie Essay - 1987 Bruce Robinson Film

The Uninhabitable Tomorrow: Bruce Robinson’s ‘Withnail & I’

By Mónica Belevan on August 11, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“‘Withnail & I’ is chock-full with digs and insinuations of homoeroticism, some of them crude, others more subtle and rife with dramatic potential and longing.”

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