Know the Cast: ‘The Substance’
‘The Substance’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 Mubi movie.
Review: Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’
“‘The Substance’ feels weirdly outdated, despite the writer-director’s many provocative attempts to demonstrate how misogyny and ageism play out in contemporary media.”
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Passages’
‘Passages’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Ira Sachs’ 2023 movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘How to Have Sex’
‘How to Have Sex’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Molly Manning Walker’s 2023 Mubi movie.
An Undercooked Genre Stew: Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas’ ‘Good Manners’
โโGood Mannersโ isnโt without its share of redeeming factors, to be sure, but Dutra and Rojas are simply hamstrung by their chosen medium, which pits an overabundance of ideas to a constricting runtime.โ
Hopes and Fears in Helsinki: Pirjo Honkasaloโs โConcrete Nightโ
“The harsh dialogue may not connect, but the visuals most certainly will.”
Summer of Darkness: Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ (1931)
“It’s going to be a #NoirSummer, and hopefully some of the world’s filmmakers are paying attention to the simple yet effective methods of their predecessors.”
After the Darkness: Jean Rollin’s ‘The Iron Rose’ (1973)
“Tastefully erotic and mystical in tone, The Iron Rose shines a light on youthful arrogance that often blinds us from darker realities.”
Sensory Deprivation and Cinema: A Chat with Kristina Buoลพytฤ and Bruno Samper of ‘Vanishing Waves’
Q.V. Hough Interviews Directors Kristina Buoลพytฤ and Bruno Samper
Review: Scared Hippies and Blood-Thirsty Soldiers Meet Up in ‘Punishment Park’ (1971)
Q.V. Hough reviews Peter Watkins’ 1971 film, “Punishment Park”