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.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Below the Clouds’
“With ‘Below the Clouds,” Rosi makes it clear that history and the present interact every day.”
Know the Cast: ‘Weapons’
‘Weapons’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Zach Cregger’s 2025 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Deep Cover’
‘Deep Cover’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Tom Kingsley’s 2025 Amazon movie.
Building the New Queer Canon #6: Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’
“Aside from the half-assed plotting, the biggest flaw of ‘Honey Don’t!’ is that even with Cooke’s involvement, the sexuality of the protagonists lacks any sort of perceptive depth, with no inter-character dynamic feeling more lived-in than the plot needs it to be.”
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.”
Know the Cast: ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Chris Columbus’ 2025 Netflix 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.
Review: Robert Schwartzman’s ‘Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary’
“Press play on ‘Hung Up on a Dream’ for the music, stay for the wild and interconnected industry stories that span seven decades.”
Know the Cast: ‘Nobody’
‘Nobody’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Ilya Naishuller’s 2021 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Map That Leads to You’
‘The Map That Leads to You’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Lasse Hallstrรถm’s 2025 Amazon movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein’s 2025 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Final Destination 5’
‘Final Destination 5’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Steven Quale’s 2011 movie.
Review: Joe Begosโ โJimmy and Stiggsโ
“‘Jimmy and Stiggs’ is frenetic, metal AF and feels dangerous, which is something thatโs sadly missing from a lot of modern horror movies.”
EIFF 2025 Review: Mas Bouzidi’s ‘Concessions’
“‘Concessions’ is essentially a collage, taking bits of other films and sticking them together to make something pretty. But it struggles when it comes to time to say something of its own.”
VV Double Review (2/2): Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ (EIFF)
“‘The Toxic Avenger’ isn’t unpalatable to the mainstream, but it quickly becomes evident why the film was left on the shelf for a couple of years.”
VV Double Review (1/2): Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’
“Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ does what a great reboot should do — the film carves its own path, in every sense of the word, while paying homage to what came before and taking some big swings along the way.”
Know the Cast: ‘Fall for Me’
‘Fall for Me’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Sherry Hormann’s 2025 Netflix movie.