Articles by Alisha Mughal
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...
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...