Review: Adrian Shergold’s ‘Cordelia’
“‘Cordelia’ is generally easier to appreciate for what it’s trying to do rather than what the film actually achieves.”
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: ‘The Gentlemen’
‘The Gentlemen’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Guy Ritchie’s 2019 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Rambo: Last Blood’
‘Rambo: Last Blood’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Adrian Grunberg’s 2019 movie.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Barry’
‘Barry’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Alec Berg and Bill Hader’s HBO series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Russian Doll’
‘Russian Doll’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler’s Netflix series.
Know the Cast: ‘Russian Doll’
‘Russian Doll’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler’s Netflix series.
Numbness and Arousal in the Post-Postmodern Apocalypse of ‘Too Old to Die Young’
“Taken as a whole, ‘Too Old to Die Young’ is a summative statement on genre, aesthetics and the crumbling American psyche, delivered with a fury sublimated in neon glow. It is a major work of art.”
Review: Mattie Do’s ‘The Long Walk’
“‘The Long Walk,’ the latest from Mattie Do — Laos’ first and, so far, only female director — understands that for time travel to make sense, all one has to do is present it as is. For Do, it’s a feeling more than a fact.”
There Is No Try: Documenting the Silicon Valley Mindset
There Is No Try: Documenting the Silicon Valley Mindset | D.M. Palmer on ‘The Inventor, ‘Fyre,’ ‘Fyre Fraud’ and ‘WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn’
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Euphoria’
‘Euphoria’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Sam Levinson’s HBO series.
Know the Cast: ‘Euphoria’
‘Euphoria’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Sam Levinson’s HBO series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Cobra Kai’
‘Cobra Kai’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in the Netflix series.
Review: Gonzalo Maza’s ‘This Is Cristina’
“‘This Is Cristina’ makes a strong case for the idea that truly honest art emerges when one feels like they have lost everything else.”
Know the Cast: ‘Only Mine’
Only Mine Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Michael Civille’s 2019 movie (now streaming on Netflix).
The Grit of an Underdog: On Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’
“‘Gully Boy’ has as much heart as it does energy, and skillfully manages to avoid being a formulaic tearjerker about a poor boy from the slums.”
‘Promare’ Perfects the Escapist Movie Experience
“‘Promare’ offers an electrifying amount of fun, and it’s perhaps one of the finest examples of escapist cinema during the COVID-19 era.”
OVID Shines a Light on Chilean Documentarian Ignacio Agüero
Ignacio Agüero Essay: Vague Visages’ Q.V. Hough on OVID’s streaming celebration of the Chilean documentarian.
Interview with ‘Aahuti’ Filmmaker Lubdhak Chatterjee
Aahuti Interview: A conversation between Vague Visages’ Dipankar Sarkar and Indian filmmaker Lubdhak Chatterjee.
Review: Billie Piper’s ‘Rare Beasts’
“Between ‘Rare Beasts’ and Alice Lowe’s brilliant ‘Prevenge,’ there might be a burgeoning market for pregnancy-themed horror movies.”