Know the Cast: ‘Spaceman’
‘Spaceman’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Johan Renck’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Dumb Money’
‘Dumb Money’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Craig Gillespie’s 2023 movie.
Know the Cast: ‘Dumb Money’
‘Dumb Money’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Craig Gillespie’s 2023 movie.
NYFF 2018 Review: Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’
“The overcorrection for sentimentality does give ‘Wildlife’ a bit of a sterile feel, but the deliberate dissatisfaction that Dano allows to permeate through his debut feature provides a fitting complement to the private misery of the film’s characters.”
TIFF 2018 Review: Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s’
“The influence of Larry Clark’s 1995 cult film ‘Kids’ may be all over ‘Mid90s,’ but Hill has a more tender and perhaps more realistic approach of his young subjects: they are smart enough to know when they’re going too far.”
You Gotta Act: John Cusack’s Passionate and Pragmatic Approach to His Craft
“Looking at Cusack’s entire body of work helps one realise that, with age and experience, he has built an increasingly complex and multifaceted persona, playing off his image in order to counter expectations and, probably, to remain excited by his job.”
Two Drink Minimum: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s ‘Swiss Army Man’
“Sing along with a corpse and come out the other side appreciating the bus ride home.”
Ebertfest 2016: Sound Some Opinions
Jacob Oller on His First Ebertfest
Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Youth’
“Akin to a melody that resonates in your mind in a continual loop of madness and pleasure, Youth is a not-so-easily eradicable experience.”