On a black screen, two lines of text fade into view: “This film was made in secret. When there is no way, a way must be made.” This epigraph marks the beginning of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, a courageous...

As we say goodbye to fall and slowly welcome winter, spending the morning in a cozy coffee shop is the perfect end-of-autumn activity. Whether you’re looking for a cheap cup of joe, a delightful pastry,...

Confession: I didn’t watch Beetlejuice for the first time until I’d turned 18. I felt indifferent to it and thus didn’t see it as necessary to watch. However, I was pleasantly surprised by what I...

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance asks us a deceptively simple question: What if a single drug could make you perfect? In today’s internet age, it’s already more difficult to control what random strangers...

A possible closure of Burlington’s beloved movie theater, Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, may be on the horizon, according to Seven Days. Located just off Church Street on College Street for around 21 years,...

Technology and social media, while damaging to the physicality of the literary world, have brought out a new side of the spectrum. BookTok is one of the many subcategories of TikTok, focusing on one specific...

It feels like only yesterday that Green Day announced their last album, publicly known as Father of All… because the official title features a swear in it. That album’s reception was… less than...

3TEETH is an industrial metal band with a snake-like bite on its listeners from the time they press play to the end of any album. The bite leaves listeners feeling desolate and hopeless about the Earth....

Dear Crossover readers,   Thank you so much for taking time to enjoy The Crossover this year. I have now been Editor in Chief for three years, and I’m immensely proud of the work that has...

Burlington City Hall is placed beside Church Street, a common gathering place for the city’s homeless population. The homeless are often deeper in debt than the rich are in wealth. Uh oh, an economy...