Soundtracks of Television: ‘Hawkeye’
‘Hawkeye’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Jonathan Igla’s 2021 Disney+ miniseries.
Know the Cast: ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Jon Favreau’s Disney+ series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Encanto’
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in the 2021 Disney movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’
‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Dan Mazer’s 2021 Disney+ movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’
‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Dan Mazer’s 2021 Disney+ movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles’
‘Happier Than Ever’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Robert Rodriguez and Patrick Osborne’s 2021 Billie Eilish concert special on Disney+.
Know the Voice Cast: ‘What If… Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?’
‘What If… ?’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in season 1, episode 1 on Disney+.
‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Review: A Fable Vibrating with Imagination and Optimism
“‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ welcomes a reflection on its Asian-fusion design because western adaptations of Asian culture, even with visible and vocal creative Asian input, will come with a spectrum of orientalism…”
Who Was That Masked Man: ‘The Mandalorian’ and Westerns
“A lot can be said about the aesthetics of ‘The Mandalorian’ as they relate to Westerns, but even more so can be said of the thematic elements that comprise the new series.”
New Nightmares: ‘Freddy vs. Jason’ and the Meaning of Horror Movies
“‘Freddy vs. Jason’ is — like almost all horror movies — a signpost for the anxieties of an era, looking much like the prestige horror movies of today will look from the vantage point of the next decade.”
Scrappily-Assembled Star Wars: ‘Solo’ Is Safe Galactic Fun
“The film is not without heart, though its heart exists in scattered fragments without assimilating into a cohesive whole.”
Vague Visages Writers’ Room: Weekend Vibes 3.23.18
Weekend Vibes is a Friday column about streaming recommendations, new release hype and entertainment events.
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Missed the Stars but Aimed High
“‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is for kids, and I mean ‘made for kids’ in the supportive definition rather than the usual lazy and disparaging connotation that’s carelessly applied to more lukewarm family films.”
Vague Visages Is FilmStruck: Kate Saccone on Lotte Reiniger’s ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’
“As the artist who painstakingly moved her hand-cut figures frame-by-frame, Reiniger’s presence is impossible to ignore while watching her films.”
The Princess’ New Clothes: Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
“The central relationship between Belle and the Beast has the unfortunate stench of Stockholm syndrome all over it.”
When Magic Was Real: Jean Cocteau’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
“Cocteau’s magical realism, with flight and cursed beasts side-by-side with the economic woes of an importer-exporter, gives his fantastic elements gravity while letting the humanist tale of greed lilt like music.”