10 Best Films Of 2016 Picked by HOF Crew
A year ago, High On Films was just an idea waiting to be conceived. I feel so ecstatic now as we have turned our varied film taste and opinions into one long world of wordplay. We have written, argued and talked about every single fable that is thrown towards us in the name of cinematic artistry. Despite the times when we struggled to go through the films that were deliberately a slog, we have managed…
Little Men [2016] : Life goes on
“Gentrification is a hostile act, an exploitation of communities, and something to be resisted” – Boyz N the Hood Indie’…
The Eyes of My Mother [2016] : A Feather in the Cap of Horror Genre
Review by Rohitavra Majumdar [customfont1] My skin crawled while watching Eyes of My Mother, my soul felt violated, I was…
Borgman [2013] : Devil Hiding in Plain Sight
“And they descended upon the earth to strengthen their ranks” It creeps in with dead silence, tears the illusions, lifts…
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait [2016] : Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait deals with the idea of losing the identity
Little Men [2016]: Of lost innocence amidst mature folks
Ira Sachs has a knack for telling extremely personal and immensely moving New York stories about an average, everyday guy. This film is no exception either, a complex family drama shrouded by a heartwarmingly delicate coming-of-age story about two polar opposite yet eminently ambitious teenagers. Little Men delves into the psyche of two families dealing with the ever-so-evolving dilemma of the gentrification in the New York suburbs.
For Your Consideration: Entertainment [2015]
The Comedy and Entertainment are two of the most intriguing, most thoughtful, and yet even most strange things to come from either Tim Heidecker or Eric Wareheim after the end of Awesome Show, Great Job!, and hopefully both films will soon accumulate the cult statuses they deserve as depressingly quirky indie films that comment on the vapidness and boredom of ordinary modern day life for ordinary folks.
Always Shine [2016] : The demonic destruction of self-idealisation
Anchored by one of the best performance of the year by Mackenzie Davis, Always Shine is an intense drama about female companionship and their struggle to survive inside a wall of a male dominated industry.