Articles by Alisha Mughal

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Amplifies the Lived Experience of a Community in Crisis

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2021

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers expresses her need to tell the story cradled within her documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy — ab...

'Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy' Shows the Power of Bearing Witness

Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2021

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an expansive, wrenching and hopeful documentary. It not only connect...

'The Capote Tapes' Doesn't Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story

Directed by Ebs Burnough

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2021

It's difficult to attempt to make a documentary about Truman Capote, a writer who let so much of himself slip through in his work, and who...

Lana Del Rey's 'Blue Banisters' Delivers Elizabeth Grant, Unfettered

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2021

Everything Lana Del Rey does is cinematic and with careful intention; she's spent so much of her career crafting and redefining personas, c...

Suffocating Thriller 'Knocking' Turns Up the Heat

Directed by Frida Kempff

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2021

Heat so overbearing you could drown in it — it's liable to make a person go mad. The gleam of sweat on a forehead, a steadily intensifying...

Fresh Frights: 2021's Best New Horror Films for Spooky Season

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2021

So you've already marathoned your way through Squid Game and October isn't even half over — you're going to need some more scary movies to...

'Bergman Island' Will Only Appeal to Ingmar Bergman Lovers

Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2021

Bergman Island is about Ingmar Bergman, and it will likely only be compelling to fans of the legendary filmmaker. Mia Hansen-Løve's Bergman...

'Jagged' Smoothes Over Alanis Morissette's Fascinating Story

Directed by Alison Klayman

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2021

Jagged seeps into your veins, and as it courses through you gaining speed, it enlivens your spirit — much in the way that "You Oughta Know"...