Articles by Alisha Mughal
Tess Parks's 'Pomegranate' Savours the Taste of Life as it Really Is
PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2024
Listening to Tess Parks's third solo album 'Pomegranate,' I couldn't stop thinking about critic Malcolm Jack's encapsulation of the...
Chris Oday Enchanted the Ghosts at Highlands Festival
Camp Walden, September 28
PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024
The smoke from dying morning fires was made silver by the afternoon sunlight slanting through the red pine trees, leaving the air around...
TEKE::TEKE Converted the Non-Believers at Highlands
Camp Walden, September 28
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024
The audience refused to leave at the end of Montreal psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE's performance at Highlands. A surging ovation carried...
At Highlands Music Festival, Georgia Harmer Cherished the Minutiae
Camp Walden, September 28
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024
Georgia Harmer and her band couldn't decide whether to keep their sunglasses on during their early-evening performance at Highlands...
Jonah Yano Made Thought Tangible at Highlands Music Festival
Camp Walden, September 27
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024
The music at Highlands Music Festival is carefully scheduled at three stages littered across Camp Walden. There is the Main Stage...
'The Crow' Is Caws for Concern
Directed by Rupert Sanders
PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2024
James O'Barr's graphic novel 'The Crow' isn't a dense text. Its core themes aren't so thickly packed in metaphor as to obscure their...
Luna Li's 'When a Thought Grows Wings' Glows with Fearless Optimism
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2024
Words fail us as often as they serve us. As we filter the world through our many feelings and sensations...
'Strange Darling' Has One of the Year's Most Subtle, Staggering Performances
Directed by JT Mollner
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2024
JT Mollner's 'Strange Darling' understands and trusts lead Willa Fitzgerald to the point of sweaty, lip-licking ecstasy. The film lets her...
