alisha mughal
@alishamgl.bsky.social
journalist and film critic in Toronto; words in Film Daze, RogerEbert[dot]com, Catapult, Exclaim!, The Asian Cut; book on The Crow out via ECW
I think a lot about Nick Broomfield's documentary on Aileen Wuornos and how cruel it is. He got her to talk to him because he promised to help her but really and of course he didn't and couldn't. He lied. There's this one bit where he goes to see her and her face lights up with hope: maybe good news
'All That She Wants' is a rote painting of a woman who wants to have a baby, and who relies on a man for her growth, writes @alishamgl.bsky.social Read our full #TIFF26 review:
‘All That She Wants’ Is an Anti-feminist Drag
The rom-com stars Annie Murphy as a woman in her mid-thirties as she journeys, mindlessly…
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i dont think i can cover festivals, im too slow a writer and honestly pretty dumb :(
In case it was unclear, suggesting that anyone with a disability needs gen AI to do amazing art is, in and of itself, incredibly ableist. Do not spit on those who have found innumerable ways of making art without stealing from others and polluting the planet. It is disgusting to suggest as much.
I think today can be explained by a cptsd flashback (I'm new to learning words to put to my experiences)
I always get depressed at the end of tiff right now I feel both nothing and everything from last year
what you’re missing is that guys are a structural problem
Daniel Kay Hertz@danielkayhertz.bsky.social · last wk.Your 20s are for believing everything is structural and your 30s are for learning that actually it's often just some guy or small group of guys (gender neutral)
im sorry i got angry over dostoevsky last night it will probably happen again
I'm angrier than my tolstoy professor was when Joe Wright's Anna Karenina came out Holy moly
I'm probably just angry today but I'm so confused as to why you would want to make a movie arguing "actually Dostoevsky was stupid and his wife wrote all his books" like if you wanted to make a movie about Colette you could've just made a movie about Colette this is just the wrong movie to make!!!
"the idiot(s)" is the stupidest movie I have ever seen if it were a bug I'd kill it ten times over Jesus Christ
Do you think I should email my Nosferatu piece to my undergrad professor whose writings it's based on
watched "all that she wants" tonight and I'm just wondering if movies know that having the only people of colour on screen play "the other women" is actually more racist than maybe not having them there at all
Naming yourself “Giselle,” but pronouncing it “Jizz’ll.”
i reviewed Black Zombie back in May and just thought I'd re-share my review, I love love love this doc www.thegrindmag.ca/black-zombie...
‘Black Zombie’ Is a Masterpiece Digging into the History of Horror’s Favourite Monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary, which made its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs Festival, shows how Hollywood helped transform a Haitian spiritual concept into a racist trope…
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Adele Astaire dancing on the roof of the Savoy Hotel (with brother Fred) - BOTD
That’s not Go, I’m told, but a version of draughts.
Dean Frey@dean.bsky.social · 2w agoEva Sereny Simone de Beauvoir at the Go board. I think that’s Go, though it’s a 10 x 10 board.
I have the word "nepenthe" knocking around in my mind often and I only now looked it up and two things: 1. I probably read it in Poe; and 2. I need it
