Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘You Are Not My Mother’
‘You Are Not My Mother’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Kate Dolan’s 2021 movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Hatching’
‘Hatching’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Hanna Bergholm’s 2022 movie.
‘Nope’: Jordan Peele Goes West in Imaginative Genre Mash-Up
“One of the most refreshing dimensions of ‘Nope’ resides in Peele’s willingness to trust viewers to follow him into unexpected territory.”
Practical Magic for the Family: Jacob Estes’ ‘He’s Watching’
“‘He’s Watching’ is a practical and efficient horror film in the style of Rob Savage’s ‘Host’ (2020), but its brilliance lies in Estes’ subversive funhouse mirror approach.”
Know the Cast: ‘Umma’
‘Umma’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Iris K. Shim’s 2022 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Fear Street: Part Two – 1978’
‘Fear Street: Part Two – 1978’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Leigh Janiak’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Fear Street: Part Two – 1978’
‘Fear Street: Part Two – 1978’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Leigh Janiak’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Resident Evil’
‘Resident Evil’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Andrew Dabb’s Netflix series.
Know the Cast: ‘Resident Evil’
‘Resident Evil’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Andrew Dabb’s Netflix series.
Review: Seth Breedlove’s ‘American Werewolves’
“‘American Werewolves’ takes itself seriously but doesn’t fully engage with Western Kentucky prank lore or Native American traditions that could help explain Dogman sightings.”
Kate Dolan Debuts with Effective ‘You Are Not My Mother’
“‘You Are Not My Mother’ lives at the fringes of folk horror, but the underlying family melodrama drives a story more interested in generational trauma than a supernatural fairytale.”
Soundtracks of Television: ‘First Kill’
‘First Kill’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Victoria Schwab’s Netflix series.
Know the Cast: ‘First Kill’
‘First Kill’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Victoria Schwab’s Netflix series.
A Sharp Scalpel: David Cronenberg Cuts ‘Crimes of the Future’
“‘Crimes of the Future’ doesn’t offer the same opportunities of mid-2000s highlights like ‘A History of Violence’ and ‘Eastern Promises,’ but Mortensen balances the ridiculous and the sublime like few others.”
Death Is Not the End: Self-Destruction in the Films of David Cronenberg
“Perhaps David Cronenberg is owed another kind of reputation: that of a humanist filmmaker who observes and questions, who understands our pain and sorrow as well as our ambitions both intellectual and libidinous.”
Review: Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher’
“Okuno makes excellent use of text and subtext to explore a range of ideas that unmistakably double as commentary on the commonplace experiences of women everywhere.”
Know the Cast: ‘X’
‘X’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every performer and character in Ti West’s 2022 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘X’
‘X’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured Song in Ti West’s 2022 movie.
The Volume: The Final Stage
“The old silver screens have reached their limit, and even 4K will become passé. Perhaps it’s time for Hollywood and theater chains to up the ante by investing in venues and screens similar to the Volume.”
Review: Alex Garland’s ‘Men’
“‘Men,’ Garland’s latest, will draw the filmmaker’s faithful, but the modest environs, esoteric posture and open text most likely won’t translate to massive financial success.”