Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Bikeriders’
‘The Bikeriders’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jeff Nichols’ 2023 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Wolfs’
‘Wolfs’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jon Watts’ 2024 Apple TV+ movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Wolfs’
‘Wolfs’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jon Watts’ 2024 Apple TV+ movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Bad Boys’
‘Bad Boys’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Michael Bay’s 1995 movie.
Review: Antonia Bogdanovich’s ‘Sleep No More’
“‘Sleep No More’ remains a mishmash of clichés, genres and lackluster ideas.”
Review: Pascal Plante’s ‘Red Rooms’
“Perhaps Plante wasn’t sure how to end ‘Red Rooms’ without veering into sensationalism, which is commendable, but it doesn’t solve the problem of crafting an intriguing reason for why Kelly-Anne is so driven.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Rebel Ridge’
‘Rebel Ridge’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Jeremy Saulnier’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Rebel Ridge’
‘Rebel Ridge’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jeremy Saulnier’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Review: Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Rebel Ridge’
“For a filmmaker who made his name with two hyper-violent thrillers that triggered some queasy walkouts on the festival circuit, the character-driven moments in ‘Rebel Ridge’ feel like an evolution for Saulnier.”
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.”