Articles by Alisha Mughal

'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...

Five Noteworthy Facts You Might Not Know About 'The Crow'

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2024

In Alex Proyas's 1994 cult classic 'The Crow,' we saw a love so pure as to shatter the laws of mortality and morality. As we watched Brandon...

'MaXXXine' Lacks Moxie

Directed by Ti West

PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024

In California in the mid-'80s, a serial killer dubbed the Night Stalker hunted through San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles...

Arooj Aftab: "It's Always Been Really Natural to Just Go Against the Grain and Not Give a Fuck"

PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

Pakistani-American musician Arooj Aftab mirrors my soul when she tells me, with a laugh, that her favourite track off her fifth studio...

'In Flames' Offers Harrowing Comfort

Directed by Zarrar Kahn

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

After each of my experiences of sexual assault, I returned to my parents' home, my home, and tended to myself quietly. I didn't let anybody...

iskwē's Vulnerable Strength: "I Had a Good Front, but I Was a Mess"

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

When I ask iskwē why she recorded her fourth and latest album, 'nīna,' in Mexico City, she smiles in that honeyed way of hers that leaves...