Articles by Alisha Mughal

'Ash' Is a Visually Stunning Film That's Designed to Test Your Morals

Directed by Andrew Huculiak

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2020

Ash, written and directed by Andrew Huculiak of Vancouver band We Are the City, has been gaining much acclaim as it makes its rounds throug...

'Catch and Release' Is a Scathing Statement on How Dangerous the Pro-Life Agenda Can Be

Directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2020

How far have we come in this century in the fight to make abortions legal and accessible? Catch and Release, directed by Dominique Cardona...

'Guest of Honour' Creeps Up on Viewers with Its Complex Narrative Layers

Directed by Atom Egoyan

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2020

Guest of Honour, is a curious gem that really creeps up on you. Throughout, it evades categorization in the subtlest ways, again and again....

Toronto's Sahara Celebrate the Good Times with a Hint of Melancholy on 'Pure Glass'

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2020

Taking '80s synthpop and filtering it through a glittering shoegaze veil, Toronto-based band Sahara's debut full-length album, Pure Glass,...

Hot Docs Review: 'Consuming Contemporary' Shows How Culture Is Safe-Guarded by the Upper Class

Directed by Ana Aleksovska

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020

On the face of it, Macedonian short documentary Consuming Contemporary is about an older woman, Sunchica, enriching herself through coordin...

Hot Docs Review: 'All Her Dying Lovers' Tells the Haunting Story of a Unique Form of Nazi Resistance

Directed by Anna Benner and Eluned Zoe Aiano

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020

Short film All Her Dying Lovers tells the story of an unnamed Czech nurse who put up a unique but tragic form of resistance against Nazi oc...

Hot Docs Review: 'The Chimney Swift' Shows Inhumane Labour from a Child's Perspective

Directed by Frédéric Schuld

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020

The Chimney Swift is simultaneously two different tales. The narration is a story gleaned from the actual accounts of adult chimney sweeps...

CFF Review: Cringe-Inducing Documentary 'Shoot to Marry' Learns Nothing from Its Own Mistakes

Directed by Steve Markle

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2020

Shoot to Marry is only about 70 minutes long, but it should be shorter. Ostensibly a comedic documentary about finding love, this film is d...