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.
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 atheistโs perspective.”
Building the New Queer Canon #7: Carmen Emmi’s ‘Plainclothes’
“‘Plainclothes’ isn’t necessarily a kinky film — ย 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: ‘Freaky Tales’
‘Freaky Tales’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s 2024 movie.
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.”
Busan International Film Festival Review: Anoop Lokkur’s ‘Don’t Tell Mother’
“‘Donโt 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: 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 Trumpโs America.”
Review: Racheal Cain’s ‘Somnium’
“‘Somnium’ is rather predictable, as first-time feature filmmakers like Cain tend to prioritize visual design over the nuts and bolts of their script.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’
“The biggest problem with ‘The Smashing Machine’ is that Safdie simply doesnโt bring anything new to the table in terms of style or ideas.”
An Interview with ‘Ghich Pich’ Filmmaker Ankur Singla
‘Ghich Pichโ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Ankur Singla.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Wrong Paris’
‘The Wrong Paris’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Janeen Damian’s 2025 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Wrong Paris’
‘The Wrong Paris’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Janeen Damian’s 2025 Netflix movie.
TIFF 2025 Review: รliver Laxeโs โSirฤtโ
“What I really appreciate about ‘Sirฤt’ is Laxeโs constant bucking of expectations.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachokeโs โA Useful Ghostโ
“As interesting as ‘A Useful Ghost’ is in concept, itโs a typical film by a talented debut artist and storyteller, one with a litany of ideas but no clear voice that brings them together.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Sinners’
‘Sinners’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Ryan Coogler’s 2025 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Spike Lee’s 2025 Apple TV+ movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Spike Lee’s 2025 Apple TV+ movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Nobody’
‘Nobody’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Ilya Naishuller’s 2021 movie.