Articles by Alisha Mughal

CFF Review: 'Hazy Little Thing' Exposes the Darkness Behind the Glamour of Social Media

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2020

We all know the repetitive cycle of social media — the way we scroll through Instagram, not because we're looking for something in particul...

Hannah Gadsby's 'Douglas' Is Hilarious, Even as It Gets Bogged Down by the Weight of Expectations

PUBLISHED May 26, 2020

Hannah Gadsby's latest Netflix special, Douglas, is rigidly controlled, in a way diametrically opposed to the organic build and flow of her...

'Easy Land' Tenderly Explores the Canadian Immigrant Experience

Directed by Sanja Zivkovic

PUBLISHED May 20, 2020

Watching Easy Land, viewers will find themselves wanting to protect each character in it — but at the same time, there's something about it...

James Irwin Gets Back to His Cosmic Country Roots on 'Stars Blue Wheel'

PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

James Irwin's fourth album, Stars Blue Wheel, is haunting and sombre, but fights tooth and nail to find the light. The multi-talented Toro...

Netflix's 'Trial by Media' Puts Journalistic Bias Under the Microscope

PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

"If it bleeds, it leads" is a saying drilled into you in journalism school. What it means is that death and fear-mongering tend to make the...

'Saint Frances' Shows Real Life Through the Female Gaze

Directed by Alex Thompson

PUBLISHED May 8, 2020

We know we're not supposed to flush tampons down the toilet, but we also know exceptions in cases of emergency tend to be made. This is dem...

Indoor Voices Send Out 'Echoes' of Healing

PUBLISHED May 6, 2020

Close your eyes and lean your head back against something soft and safe when you listen to Echoes, the latest release from Indoor Voices, t...

'A' Is a Harrowing, Beautiful Fever Dream of Loneliness

Directed by Mitchell Stafiej

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

For a while after watching A, I was in a funk. It left me reeling as if from a fever dream and feeling on the brink of migraine for a few d...