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Everything in life has a cost, however, the price tag is not always visible to the naked eye. As the audience observes in Levan Akin’s mesmerizing drama Crossing, sometimes it takes years, espe...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/07/24/crossing/

Naomi Jaye’s Darkest Miriam may wear the cloak of a quirky drama, but beneath its eccentric garbs is a rather intriguing examination of love and grief. Britt Lower stars at the titular Miriam, ...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/07/24/fantasia-2024-darkest-miriam/

Most of the horror community loves a good serial killer story. As morbid as it is, there are hundreds of thousands of hours of true crime podcasts, TV series, and films that either recount the tr...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/07/23/longlegs/

The sense of freedom associated with the American dream is often kept behind a door that only a select few are given the key to unlock. For the rest, the liberty to live life the way you want can...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/07/18/national-anthem/

For all the destruction and flying cows, at its core, the 1996 blockbuster Twister was a love story. When the audience meets Jo (Helen Hunt) and Bill (Bill Paxton) their marriage is on the brink ...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/07/18/twisters/

In her joyous song “It’s Oh So Quiet”, Icelandic singer Björk uses a hush tone when delivering her lyrics about living a peaceful life alone. Of course, life is unpredictable and sometimes...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/06/30/a-quiet-place-day-one/

Adolescence is a complicated time when emotions and personal transformations feel as if they are on an endless merry-go-round. As if trying to make sense of the bodily changes that come with pube...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/06/12/inside-out-2/

Over at That Shelf, I reviewed the film Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The latest edition of the franchise finds heroes Mike and Marcus on the run from the law as they attempt to prove their former capta...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/06/05/bad-boys-ride-or-die/

Over at Exclaim!, I reviewed I Don’t Know Who You Are. The film follows a musician over the course of a weekend as he races to raise money for HIV prevented medication after enduring a sexual a...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/06/03/i-dont-know-who-you-are/

Motherhood often comes with many startling truths that are rarely discussed. Some of which occur well before the process of giving birth begins. While a beautiful and profound moment in a person�...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/05/23/babes/

Lugging his new LG HD TV into the house he has lived in all his life, Owen (Justice Smith), the unreliable narrator of Jane Schoenbrun’s mesmerizing sophomore feature film I Saw the TV Glow, de...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/05/19/i-saw-the-tv-glow/

Jackie Shane was an undeniable star. The type of artist who radiated so much talent and charisma that she broke barriers by simply being her authentic self. A Black trans woman in a time where co...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/05/04/hot-docs-2024-any-other-way-the-jackie-shane-story/