Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Schmigadoon!’
‘Schmigadoon’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio’s Apple TV+ series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’
‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Annabel Oakes’ Paramount+ series.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’
‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Annabel Oakes’ Paramount+ series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Grease’
‘Grease’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Randal Kleiser’s 1978 movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Grease’
‘Grease’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Randal Kleiser’s 1978 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Spirited’
‘Spirited’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Sean Anders’ 2022 Apple TV+ movie.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Spirited’
‘Spirited’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Sean Anders’ 2022 Apple TV+ movie.
‘Neptune Frost’: Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams Project the Future
“‘Neptune Frost’ challenges and frustrates, and often leaves one wishing for more clarity. But it is filled with poetry, and it understands the importance of projecting an alternative to our reality.”
Collecting Movies with Raymond Rea
Raymond Rea Interview: Greg Carlson and the filmmaker/educator discuss movie collecting.
Must Write a Happy Ending: The Posthumous Dennis Potter
“Dennis Potter left us with one of the most ambitious and meaningful pieces of British television, bridging commercial and public broadcasting to address the state of the nation and the fate of the artist with his customary irreverence and accessibility.”
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: ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’
‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every featured song in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’
‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every main performer and character in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2021 Netflix movie.
Interview with ‘Sunny’ Filmmaker Ranjith Sankar
Dipankar Sarkar interviews ‘Sunny’ fIlmmaker Ranjith Sankar about the 2021 Amazon Prime movie.
Reality Is a Deadly Place: LSD Cinema’s Short and Strange Trip
“Drug culture and social upheaval became inextricable on the screen in the 60s; it was a belated recognition on the part of the industry’s tastemakers that American cinema’s scrupulously maintained state of grace was no longer sustainable…”
Know the Cast: ‘Annette’
‘Annette’: A Vague Visages cast and character guide for Leos Carax’s 2021 movie.
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.'”
Intentionally Disposable Art: The Teen Agers Films
“What do we do with the Teen Agers movies, which were no more intended to be seen 75 years later than a dinner cooked in 1947 was intended to be eaten in 2021?”
Romantic Horror in ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Movie Adaptations
“The six major theatrical adaptations of Phantom’s story cover a wide realm of romantic horror, fully exploiting the themes and concepts within the character.”
I Sing for Myself: Renée and Judy on Judy Garland
“Judy the Actress and Judy the Icon may have been one in the same after all.”