Soundtracks of Television: ‘Poker Face’
‘Poker Face’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Rian Johnson’s Peacock series.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Poker Face’
‘Poker Face’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Rian Johnson’s Peacock series.
Know the Cast & Characters: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’
‘Glass Onion’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Rian Johnson’s 2022 Netflix movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’
‘Glass Onion’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Rian Johnson’s 2022 Netflix movie.
TIFF 2019 Review: ‘Knives Out’ Shows Rian Johnson Sharp as Ever
“Johnson loves whodunits so much that he racked his brain to think 10 steps ahead of the audience so that he could hoodwink them to serve the goal of establishing the genre’s viability in the present day, all while staying true to its classic roots.”
Lost Amidst the Architecture: Aaron Katz’s ‘Gemini’
“In straining to emulate something in the order of a traditional thriller, Katz and his team of long-time collaborators find themselves sliding perilously towards the formulaic.”
Scrappily-Assembled Star Wars: ‘Solo’ Is Safe Galactic Fun
“The film is not without heart, though its heart exists in scattered fragments without assimilating into a cohesive whole.”
His Blazing Automatics: Jeff Nichols’ ‘Midnight Special’ and the Middle-Class Studio Film
“If Midnight Special does well in March, the film will undoubtedly encourage an environment in which middle-class studio releases aren’t such a rarity, because the film world needs more working class heroes like Jeff Nichols.”