Know the Cast: ‘Scarpetta’
‘Scarpetta’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Liz Sarnoff’s Amazon series.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Scarpetta’
‘Scarpetta’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Liz Sarnoff’s Amazon series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Caught Stealing’
‘Caught Stealing’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Darren Aronofsky’s 2025 movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘Anaconda’
‘Anaconda’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Tom Gormican’s 2025 movie.
Soundtracks of Television: ‘Marshals’
‘Marshals’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Spencer Hudnut’s Paramount+ series.
An Interview with ‘Whispers of the Mountains’ Filmmaker Jigar Nagda
‘Secret of a Mountain Serpent’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Jigar Nagda.
Review: 2026 Oscar Nominees for Animated Short Film
“‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ is a great modern fairytale, but there’s something even more impactful left in the margins which could have elevated it beyond an effective homage into something singular.”
Review: 2026 Oscar Nominees for Live-Action Short Film
“‘The Singers is the only prospective crowd-pleaser in the 2026 Oscars’ Live-Action Short Film crop that doesn’t buckle under the weight of contrived plot mechanics.”
Review: 2026 Oscar Nominees for Best Documentary Short Film
“In a field where ‘Perfectly a Strangeness’ was surrounded by Earthly horrors, it invited the most unadventurous Academy voters to collectively imagine their place amongst the cosmos.”
Building the New Queer Canon #9: Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’ and the 2026 Oscars
“‘Blue Moon’ effortlessly resists tropes of queer suffering and troubled artists to become another delightful hangout character study from the American master of them.”
An Interview with ‘Whistle’ Director Corin Hardy
‘Whistle’ Interview: Joey Keogh discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Corin Hardy.
Review: Corin Hardy’s ‘Whistle’
“‘Whistle’ bodes well for the future of studio horror.”
Review: Johannes Roberts’ ‘Primate’
“‘Primate’ is a bit like that memorably gruesome sequence in ‘Nope’ (2022) stretched out to feature length, but it’s smarter, meaner and more inventive.”
An Interview with ‘Secret of a Mountain Serpent’ Filmmaker Nidhi Saxena
‘Secret of a Mountain Serpent’ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Nidhi Saxena.
Review: Nicholas Clifford’s ‘One More Shot’
“‘One More Shot’ is entertaining yet forgettable.”
Know the Cast: ‘Ponies’
‘Ponies’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every ctor and character in Susanna Fogel and David Iserson’s Peacock series.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘People We Meet on Vacation’
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Brett Haley’s 2026 Netflix movie.
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Review: The Weight of Weirdness
“‘People We Meet on Vacation’ might just mark the beginning of a new golden age for romantic comedies, at least if sub-genre filmmakers can finally move past stale screenwriting tropes.”
Review: The Adams Family’s ‘Mother of Flies’
“‘Mother of Flies’ works as both an art piece and a successful horror movie overflowing with ooey gooey and creepy-crawly ickiness.”
‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: An Intellectual Slide to Sensationalism
“In ‘Zodiac Killer Project,’ Shackleton finds clarity via cinema by stripping the true crime phenomenon down to its core essentials, ugly as they may be.”