Know the Cast: ‘Palm Royale’
‘Palm Royale’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Abe Sylvia’s Apple TV+ series.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘The Son’
‘The Son’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Florian Zeller’s 2022 movie.
Let the Right Light In: On Escapism, Coping Mechanisms and Master Projections in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’
“The processing conversation is perhaps the most telling sequence of all, as Quell submits to The Master — the Master Projection — and acknowledges his own self-deception.”
‘Twin Peaks’ and Beyond the Alphabet
“The failure of language permeates ‘Twin Peaks,’
an abundance of verbiage disintegrating under the looming and ageless presence in the woods.”
Interview with Kelly Reichardt, Director of ‘Certain Women’
Marshall Shaffer Interviews Director Kelly Reichardt
The Insular Visions of ‘Krisha’
“It’s too late to force her way back to a seat at the table. She should have never tried to get closer.”
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Smooth Talk’ (Joyce Chopra, 1985)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Film Beat: ‘In Dreams’ from David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ (1986)
A Column by Phuong Le