Articles by Alisha Mughal

Five Noteworthy Facts You Might Not Know About 'The Crow'

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2024

In Alex Proyas's 1994 cult classic 'The Crow,' we saw a love so pure as to shatter the laws of mortality and morality. As we watched Brandon...

'MaXXXine' Lacks Moxie

Directed by Ti West

PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024

In California in the mid-'80s, a serial killer dubbed the Night Stalker hunted through San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles...

Arooj Aftab: "It's Always Been Really Natural to Just Go Against the Grain and Not Give a Fuck"

PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

Pakistani-American musician Arooj Aftab mirrors my soul when she tells me, with a laugh, that her favourite track off her fifth studio...

'In Flames' Offers Harrowing Comfort

Directed by Zarrar Kahn

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

After each of my experiences of sexual assault, I returned to my parents' home, my home, and tended to myself quietly. I didn't let anybody...

iskwē's Vulnerable Strength: "I Had a Good Front, but I Was a Mess"

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

When I ask iskwē why she recorded her fourth and latest album, 'nīna,' in Mexico City, she smiles in that honeyed way of hers that leaves...

Talia Schlanger Finds a Gentle Resilience on 'Grace for the Going'

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2024

On 'Grace for the Going,' Talia Schlanger is complex and paradoxical, brilliantly balancing an impressive duality...

'Anyone but You' Is Anything but Convincing

Directed by Will Gluck

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2023

There's something hollow about Anyone but You. In the now-well-known introduction to the film's trailer, costars Glen Powell and Sydney Swe...

Dogstar Turned Toronto into Reeves's Palace

Lee's Palace, December 9

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2023

An hour after the frothy cinematic surf of California's Archer Oh washed away, a hush fell over the full house at Lee's Palace.  The garag...