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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/

Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary Death of a Saint. Filmmaker Patricia Bbaale Bandak embarks on an emotional journey to her birthplace of Uganda to gain insight on the mystery surr...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/30/hot-docs-2024-death-of-a-saint/

Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary Rouge. The film observes the River Rouge high school basketball team as they embark on their 2020 season with the weight of a community, and a leg...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/30/hot-docs-2024-rouge/

Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary Curl Power. The film follows the 4KGIRL$ curling team as they strive to represent Canada on the Olympic stage and attempt to navigate adolescence....

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/29/hot-docs-2024-curl-power/

Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary The Outpost. The film follows one man’s quest to save the Amazon by staging a Pink Floyd reunion concert. You can read the full review via the l...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/28/hot-docs-2024-the-outpost/

Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary The Here Now Project. Using footage captured by average citizens across the globe, the film weaves together a haunting look at the current impact ...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/27/hot-docs-2024-the-here-now-project/

Over at That Shelf, I reviewed the film Humane. The feature lenght debut by director Caitlin Cronenberg observes a family as they are faced with a government enforced climate change policy that p...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/26/humane/

America prides itself on being a land of law and order. Its constitution is often cited as the key democratic guardrail that keeps society on the right path. What would happen if those protective...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/10/civil-war/

Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man opens with a mother telling her son the story of Hanuman. A half-man-half-monkey deity in Hinduism, Hanuman is persecuted by the gods when his hunger le...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/05/monkey-man/

Over the course of his illustrious 60-year career Ken Loach has used the medium of film to bring awareness to various social issues impacting the lives of many in the U.K. Whether he is addressin...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/05/the-old-oak/

We may not be able to control the family we are born into, but we can pick who we want to be part of our chosen family. The latter is something that Daniel Powell (Joel David Moore) fails to real...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/04/02/daniels-gotta-die/

“Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth” is a term that is frequently stated by several of the nuns in Michael Mohan’s psychological horror Immaculate. While the well-known b...

https://cinemaaxis.com/2024/03/24/immaculate/