Articles by Alisha Mughal

'Pure Unknown' Traces the Struggle for Dignity in Death

Directed by Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo

PUBLISHED May 8, 2023

Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo's Pure Unknown begins with the rushing of water, swift and almost glowing, throwing off a soft light t...

'Coven' Explores an Uncommon Magic with Softness and Empathy

Directed by Rama Rau

PUBLISHED May 8, 2023

As Canadian director Rama Rau's camera hovers above the green vastness of, in turn, Scotland and Romania — as hesitantly sweeping drone sho...

'Evil Dead Rise' Reanimates the Franchise with Gory Glory

Directed by Lee Cronin

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2023

Folk horror has always had its thorny roots turning and winding around the sharp fear that ancient beliefs are, actually, well-founded. Wha...

Kristi Lane Sinclair Offers Rest and Rage on 'Super Blood Wolf Moon'

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2023

We often describe women who survive terrible things as "brave." It's a swift designation that seems to reward one's bearing the violence of...

'John Wick: Chapter 4' Abandons Vulnerability in Favour of More Blam, Blam, Blam

Directed by Chad Stahelski

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2023

There is a scene in John Wick: Chapter 2 that is pivotal in John Wick's (Keanu Reeves) crusade against the seedy and sprawling underworld c...

The Myths of Anthony Shim's 'Riceboy Sleeps' Are Grounded in Real-Life Experience

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2023

In the beginning of Riceboy Sleeps, a lavender-orange sun blankets South Korea like a burning god over water that looks unmoving, uncaring....

'Boston Strangler' Shows the Humanity Behind True-Crime Stories

Directed by Matt Ruskin

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2023

There is a photograph of journalist and newspaper editor Agness "Aggie" Underwood, one of the first women to hold the editorship role at a...

Jonah Yano Creates Portraits of Memories

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2023

What is a song? For Hiroshima-born, Montreal-based musician Jonah Yano, it's something tangible, to be thumbed through like a collection of...