Articles by Alisha Mughal
Alexandria Maillot
Benevolence
PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2019
Alexandria Maillot's voice has been compared to that of many — Feist, Stevie Nicks and Brittany Howard. I'd like to add my own comparison:...
'The Good Liar' Is More Than a Cat and Mouse Thriller
Directed by Bill Condon
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2019
Ten minutes deep and on the face of it, The Good Liar is about love. Indeed, director Bill Condon and cinematographer Tobias A. Schliessl...
iskwē
acākosīk
PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2019
iskwē's sound is a gift. On her latest album, acākosīk, her voice is at times broad and strong, landing like a punch to the face, and at ot...
Half Moon Run
A Blemish in the Great Light
PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019
At first listen, Half Moon Run's latest album, A Blemish in the Great Light, is inoffensive. The record sounds much like what the indie roc...
'Black and Blue' Exposes the Horror of Police Brutality
Directed by Deon Taylor
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2019
During the third act of Black and Blue, the audience applauded many times — it seemed the only way to expel the tension everyone's nerves w...
Cigarettes After Sex Are Purposefully in Their Feelings on 'Cry'
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2019
When Greg Gonzalez, founding member and vocalist of ambient-pop band Cigarettes After Sex, speaks, he does so in pictures. Talking about...
Cigarettes After Sex
Cry
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019
American ambient pop band Cigarettes After Sex have a deceptively simple way of doing things. Their 2017 EP was self-titled, and this full-...
'The Laundromat' Has Fun Letting the Rich Off the Hook
Directed Steven Soderbergh
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019
At one point in The Laundromat, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas — each in character as Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, respectively — tu...