Articles by Alisha Mughal

Japanese Breakfast's 'Jubilee' Celebrates Life in All of Its Heartbreaking Beauty

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

Japanese Breakfast's third studio album, Jubilee, is a paradox: simultaneously strong and delicate. It satisfies like a Shakespearean comed...

Nadjiwan Harnesses the Cosmic Power of Prog Rock on 'Star Nation'

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

Toronto-based musician Nadjiwan's latest album, Star Nation, tells a mighty tale of a journey from Earth to distant planets and back. It op...

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner Is Bringing Joy to the "Fringes of Society"

PUBLISHED May 31, 2021

Japanese Breakfast leader Michelle Zauner grew up stuck between two worlds. The only child of a Jewish-American father and Korean mother, h...

'The Corruption of Divine Providence' Is a Fresh Take on Classic Horror Conventions

Directed by Jeremy Torrie

PUBLISHED May 24, 2021

There is no genre better suited to making explicit all the ways in which we destroy teenage girls than horror. And when you add some religi...

Angelina Jolie Gives a Fiery Performance in 'Those Who Wish Me Dead'

Directed by Taylor Sheridan

PUBLISHED May 17, 2021

If you're going into Those Who Wish Me Dead thinking it will be another Angelina Jolie action flick à la Salt, then you're in for a delight...

'Things Heard & Seen' Faces the Horrors of Privilege and Gaslighting

Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

PUBLISHED May 3, 2021

Calling Amanda Seyfried's character in Things Heard & Seen a "nervous-wife" type would be to misread this multifaceted character. Nothing l...

'Boys from County Hell' Finds the Heart in Vampire Comedy

Directed by Chris Baugh

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021

What would you do if the man you paid with a bottle of whiskey to guard the construction site your dad put you quasi in charge of turns int...

'Like a House on Fire' Is Carried by a Star-Making Lead Performance

Directed by Jesse Noah Klein

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2021

Nothing much really happens in one of the most striking scenes in Like a House on Fire. The protagonist, Dara (Sarah Sutherland), sits on a...