No Future for You: The Cinematic Image of 70s Britain
“The 70s were a tumultuous and often bleak decade for the British film industry, and this pessimism bled into its output.”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Jagged’
‘Jagged’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Alison Klayman’s HBO Max documentary about musician Alanis Morissette.
Review: Penny Lane’s ‘Listening to Kenny G’
“With ‘Listening to Kenny G,’ Lane affirms her status as one of the most talented nonfiction storytellers working today.”
Know the Cast: ‘Little Big Mouth’
Little Big Mouth Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in the 2021 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Little Big Mouth’
Little Big Mouth Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Gray Hofmeyr and Ziggy Hofmeyr’s 2021 Netfllix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Queens’
‘Queens’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Zahir McGhee’s ABC music series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Queens’
Queens Soundtrack: A VV guide for every song in Zahir McGhee’s ABC music series starring Eve, Brandy, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velazquez.
The Grit of an Underdog: On Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’
“‘Gully Boy’ has as much heart as it does energy, and skillfully manages to avoid being a formulaic tearjerker about a poor boy from the slums.”
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: ‘Owen Wilson/Kacey Musgraves’
“Michael Che talks trash from a desk (and on his Instagram stories), but who’s going to challenge the audience from the main stage with some weird, wild stuff?”
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Sounds Like Love’
Sounds Like Love Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Juana Macías’ 2021 Netflix movie (Fuimos canciones).
Know the Cast: ‘Sounds Like Love’
Sounds Like Love Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Juana Macías’ Netflix movie (Fuimos canciones).
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘School of Rock’
School of Rock Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Richard Linklater’s 2003 movie starring Jack Black (now streaming on Netflix).
Know the Cast: ‘School of Rock’
School of Rock Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Richard Linklater’s 2003 movie (now streaming on Netflix).
Review: Sian Heder’s ‘CODA’
“Though Coda’s representation of deaf characters is insightful and moving, the film’s reliance on cheap sentimentality threatens its most perceptive and entertaining qualities.”
Review: Sian Heder’s ‘CODA’
“Even though the comic juxtapositions can be as broad as the side of a barn in ‘CODA,’ the familial conflicts on the flip side of the coin resonate with hard truths.”
Review: Carlos López Estrada’s ‘Summertime’
“‘Summertime’ feels wrong-headed, even if its heart is in the right place.”
The Rediscovered: Bertrand Bonello’s ‘Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice’
“In Paris on a night in 2012, or from a screen in 2021, one may see in Ingrid Caven’s ecstatic performance something that touches the raptures.”
Review: Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’
“Questlove assembles the wide range of elements with the skill of a seasoned scholar and practitioner, blending songs with memories in a master mix made especially challenging given the staggering amount of talent and the desire to tell the accompanying story.”
Review: Edgar Wright’s ‘The Sparks Brothers’
“Built to impress longtime listeners and new ears alike, Wright’s love letter to Ron and Russell Mael complements the sensibilities of the masterminds behind glories like ‘Kimono My House’ and ‘Angst in My Pants.'”
Review: Jon M. Chu’s ‘In the Heights’
“‘In the Heights’ is far from a smooth transition from stage to screen, but the film remains an infectiously charming tale of community, and a far more incisive piece of social commentary than one might expect from the creator of ‘Hamilton.'”