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alisha mughal

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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

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OH MY GOSH!!!!! we have the same copy now!!!!! πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή

04.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a white orb covered in black speckles and spots rests on a dark sofa cushion. the left side is a dalmatian’s face, tucked in toward her haunches with her thin tail wrapped up to hug her face. she is looking at the camera with one sleepy brown eye.

a white orb covered in black speckles and spots rests on a dark sofa cushion. the left side is a dalmatian’s face, tucked in toward her haunches with her thin tail wrapped up to hug her face. she is looking at the camera with one sleepy brown eye.

This is Koyuki. Please do not disturb her. She's in ice cream scoop mode right now. Needs to focus. 12/10 (IG: fuji_bull)

04.03.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8411    πŸ” 776    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 42

Christ the story is .....awful.......

03.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

genuinely amazed this movie got made.......

03.03.2026 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is what Zeenat Aman looks like btw, they gave her character a facial scar to make her look "ugly"

03.03.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"uh ya this story is about a man falling in love with an uggo we want you to play her"

03.03.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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like, imagine being Lata and having this story pitched to you ........ savage.......

03.03.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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watching this for the first time it is absolutely unhinged I love it

03.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

anyway Dostoevsky is my favourite writer in all of space and time

03.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think about this image a lot because it was the first and really the only time I saw it expressed in words what it *feels* like for hope to die

03.03.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you know that precise moment at the end of "white nights" when the protagonist watches with an impossible sort of sadness as the world around him loses its beauty and colour? everything feels like that moment a lot

03.03.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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does the copy look like this?? because if so it's so beautiful!!!

28.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my gosh you're gonna LOVE IT! it's really and truly so beautiful, I cried throughout! please let me know ALL your thoughts!!!

28.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it's called "if this was happiness," clipped from something Orson Welles said about Rita. Rita felt her time spent with Orson was the happiest she'd ever been and Orson recalled that if that was happiness, then imagine how awful the rest of her life must have been :'(

28.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I highly recommend Barbara Leaming's biography of Rita, it's so kind and precise and emotionally intelligent and generous to a person who saw a lot of meanness in her life. I think it's one of my favourite books and I'm going to reread it this year I think

28.02.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't remember who said of Rita Hayworth that she has the most beautiful hands but I think about this a lot and have to agree, she has the most beautiful hands

28.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I am cringe but I am free

28.02.2026 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I say this like anyone even knows who I am Jesus Christ

28.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am upset that nobody invited me...... not that I could even come all the way down from Toronto but still......

28.02.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ooooohhhhhhnooooooo depression incominggggggggggg nooooooooooo..,..... good thing I got high.....,.... big deadline tomorrow....... wiish me luuuuuckkkkkkkk.........

27.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this was funny u guys

26.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see .........

26.02.2026 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I truly viscerally reflexively cannot stop watching habit what is going ON

26.02.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating One Year of Cinema Her Way A year ago I published my first book!

Somehow it’s the one-year anniversary of the publication of my book CINEMA HER WAY today! Here’s a little wrap-up of the book’s first journey around the sun.

25.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

but the good news is I haven't felt suicidal in a few days!!!

25.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't shake the sense that I'm falling behind -- not reading enough and not writing enough or well -- but I'm always tired because of the day job and all I want to do is sleep.

25.02.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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and I feel so incredibly lucky that for these little babies the tree outside my window is a little home

25.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the daylight in my little kitchen makes me very happy :)

25.02.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a photo of an australian shepherd with unique coloring. his snout and forehead are brown and tan, but the rest of his head and chest are white. he has one light ear and one dark one. he’s standing on a bright green patch of grass and facing the camera. his brown tail tipped with white is a puffy blur behind him.

a photo of an australian shepherd with unique coloring. his snout and forehead are brown and tan, but the rest of his head and chest are white. he has one light ear and one dark one. he’s standing on a bright green patch of grass and facing the camera. his brown tail tipped with white is a puffy blur behind him.

This is Milow. He knows beauty comes from the inside, but he also happens to have it on the outside. 14/10 rare as h*ck (IG: aussiemilow_)

24.02.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6279    πŸ” 493    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 38

do you think I'm gonna be okay

21.02.2026 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0