An Interview with ‘The Elysian Field’ Filmmaker Pradip Kurbah
‘The Elysian Field’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Pradip Kurbah.
The Restoration of Marva Nabili’s ‘The Sealed Soil’ Unearths a Gem of Women-Centric Cinema in Iran
“Nabili’s ‘The Sealed Soil’ can be seen as a precursor of the minimalist styles that came to define so much of modern Iranian cinema.”
Know the Cast: ‘Mountainhead’
‘Mountainhead’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jesse Armstrong’s 2025 HBO Max movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Summer of 69’
‘Summer of 69’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Jillian Bell’s 2025 Hulu movie.
Know the Cast: ‘A Widow’s Game’
‘A Widow’s Game’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Carlos Sedes’ 2025 Netflix movie.
Review: Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s ‘I Love You Forever’
“In ‘I Love You Forever,’ David and Kalani have their fingers firmly on the pulse of the current zeitgeist, injecting a much-needed youthful zest into a well-worn genre with an artful eye and incisive wit.”
Cannes Film Festival Review: Kôji Fukada’s ‘Love on Trial’
“Love on Trial’s opening two acts integrate personal drama into a subtly scathing social critique, but Fukada’s narrative loses power when the heroine must contend with the dark price of fame.”
Cannes Film Festival Review: Pedro Pinho’s ‘I Only Rest in the Storm’
“‘I Only Rest in the Storm’ is a succinctly angry film in large part because Pinho knows it doesn’t offer a reassuring explanation about its myriad themes.”
An Interview with ‘Saba’ Filmmaker Maksud Hossain
‘Saba’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2024 movie with filmmaker Maksud Hossain.
Know the Cast: ‘The Accountant’
‘The Accountant’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Gavin O’Connor’s 2016 movie.
On Dark and Lonely Waters: PIFs and Rural Landscapes as Sites of Danger
“Public Information Films, once tools for instruction, became haunted reflections of a nation’s growing uncertainty and discontent…”
Review: Tom Carroll’s ‘The Stress Is Killing Me’
“By the end of Carroll’s frustrating and stylistically unambitious film, it seems that there was a deeper, more interesting story just out of reach.”
Know the Cast: ‘Murder at Yellowstone City’
‘Murder at Yellowstone City’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Richard Gray 2022 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’
‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Francis Galluppi’s 2023 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Accountant’
‘The Accountant’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Gavin O’Connor’s 2016 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’
‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Francis Galluppi’s 2023 movie.
An Interview with ‘Humans in the Loop’ Filmmaker Aranya Sahay
‘Humans in the Loop’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2024 movie with filmmaker Aranya Sahay.
Know the Cast: ‘Black Bag’
‘Black Bag’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Steven Soderbergh’s 2025 movie.
Review: Dan Rocque and Kassandra Voss’ ‘Crawdaddy’
“Perhaps if ‘Crawdaddy’ played into the idea of an unremarkably ordinary man becoming a sex symbol for comedy, the sillier tone elsewhere wouldn’t feel as disparate from the rest.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Murder at Yellowstone City’
‘Murder at Yellowstone City’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Richard Gray’s 2022 movie.