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.”
EIFF 2025 Review: Sepideh Farsi’s ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’
“As a cinematic epitaph for an extraordinary young woman, ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’ more than captures the spirit of Fatima Hassouna.”
Tightrope Walker: Dirk Bogarde’s Post-War Rebellion
“Rejection is the purest form of rebellion. Bogarde was never embraced by Hollywood in large part because ambivalence is not a bankable asset. He left too many questions unanswered.”
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‘Blitz’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Steve McQueen’s 2024 Apple TV+ movie.
Soundtracks of Cinema: ‘The Six Triple Eight’
‘The Six Triple Eight’ Soundtrack: A Vague Visages guide for every song in Tyler Perry’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Know the Cast: ‘The Six Triple Eight’
‘The Six Triple Eight’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in Tyler Perry’s 2024 Netflix movie.
Feeling Like a Winner: Elliott Gould’s Hollywood Hot Streak
“Gould’s persona upended traditional notions of cinematic masculinity in its appeal to a generational fatigue and ambivalence; his sexual magnetism eschewed the amatory codes of the traditional leading man.”
Know the Cast: ‘Fury’
‘Fury’ Cast: A Vague Visages guide for every actor and character in David Ayer’s 2014 movie.