Know the Cast: ‘The Lost Bus’
‘The Lost Bus’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Paul Greengrass’s 2025 Apple TV+ movie.
LFF 2025 Review: Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’
“As a film about the healing properties of the creative process, ‘Sentimental Value’ is rare in that the in-movie writing, performances and direction aren’t cathartic for the characters, but rather function as obstacles when they try to unpack their feelings.”
NYFF 2025 Review: Stillz’s ‘Barrio Triste’
“‘Barrio Triste’ feels in line with the energetic and floating camerawork of Stillz’s music videos he has made for several artists, but it also stands as its own sort of gritty, meandering experiment that aims to excavate spaces within a particular setting.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Simon Stone’s 2025 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’
‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Simon Stone’s 2025 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Bring Her Back’
‘Bring Her Back’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou’s 2025 movie.
LFF 2025 Review: Rian Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
“‘Wake Up Dead Man’ transforms into something more impactful by sincerely and non-judgmentally attempting to grapple with faith from an atheist’s perspective.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s 2025 movie.
Building the New Queer Canon #7: Carmen Emmi’s ‘Plainclothes’
“‘Plainclothes’ isn’t necessarily a kinky film — it just does better than most tales of life in the closet to explain why this can be more alluring than coming out and finding somewhere to make these connections in the open.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Swiped’
‘Swiped’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s 2025 Hulu movie.
Review: Bill Fishman’s ‘Waltzing with Brando’
“‘Waltzing with Brando’ suffers from a sluggish rhythm and lack of narrative drive because it focuses on the wrong character and the wrong aspect of the subject’s life.”
Review: Cosima Spender’s ‘Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe’
“As politics continue to divide people via blinding shades of blue and red, Andrea Bocelli transcends above the madness by communicating what’s in his heart.”
Busan International Film Festival Review: Anoop Lokkur’s ‘Don’t Tell Mother’
“‘Don’t Tell Mother’ is an assured debut, less concerned with plot points than with the tremors of lived moments rippling through its gently stirring narrative.”
Know the Cast: ‘Swiped’
‘Swiped’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s 2025 Hulu movie.
Review: Sara Zandieh’s ‘Doin’ It’
“‘Doin’ It’ is caught in the bind of being too obnoxious for adults and too unrelatable for younger viewers.”
Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’
“In ‘One Battle After Another,’ the political is inextricable from the personal, in a way that transcends a mere commentary on Trump’s America.”
Review: Justin Tipping’s ‘HIM’
“Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of ‘HIM’ is that Tipping is clearly a talented visual stylist, but his keen eye never quite helps the screenplay transcend various cliches.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’
“The biggest problem with ‘The Smashing Machine’ is that Safdie simply doesn’t bring anything new to the table in terms of style or ideas.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Below the Clouds’
“With ‘Below the Clouds,” Rosi makes it clear that history and the present interact every day.”
An Interview with ‘Ghich Pich’ Filmmaker Ankur Singla
‘Ghich Pich’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Ankur Singla.