Film Festivals Archives - Page 5 of 133 - High On Films

Rotterdam

De Idylle (2025)

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

De Idylle (2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Expansive, Tonally Shifting Drama Explores Life’s Crisis-Points

Debanjan Dhar February 9, 2025March 5, 2025

In My Parents’ House (Im Haus meiner Eltern, 2025)

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

In My Parents’ House (Im Haus meiner Eltern, 2025) ‘IFFR’ Movie Review: Tim Ellrich’s Drama on Caregiving Woes is Emotionally Effective but a Tad Unsurprising

Debanjan Dhar February 7, 2025March 2, 2025

Blind Love (2025)

Film Festivals · Review · Rotterdam

Blind Love (2025) ‘IFFR’ Review: Julian Chou’s Unfussy Family Drama Uncovers Repression with Delicate Strokes

Debanjan Dhar February 6, 2025March 2, 2025

Sundance

Twinless

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Twinless (2025) Movie Review: Dylan O’Brien Is Excellent in a Darkly Comical Look At Co-dependency

Shikhar Verma February 9, 2025March 5, 2025

Bubble & Squeak (2025)

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Bubble & Squeak (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: An Oddly Endearing Marriage Counseling Session about a Couple on their Honeymoon

Akash Deshpande February 6, 2025March 2, 2025

Omaha (2025)

Film Festivals · Review · Sundance

Omaha (2025) ‘Sundance’ Movie Review: John Magaro is Quietly Devastating in This Somber Drama about a Father in an Existential Crisis

Akash Deshpande February 6, 2025March 2, 2025

IFFI

Better Man (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Fairly Conventional Biopic That Is Electrifying and Familiar in Equal Measures

Film Festivals · Films This Week · IFFI · Review

Better Man (2025) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Fairly Conventional Biopic That Is Electrifying and Familiar in Equal Measures

Shikhar Verma January 9, 2025March 2, 2025

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others (2024) ‘Iffi’ Movie Review: A Comforting, Inventive Tale of Silent Rebellion and the Joys of the Creative Process

Film Festivals · IFFI · Review

Me, Maryam, the Children and 26 Others (2024) ‘Iffi’ Movie Review: A Comforting, Inventive Tale of Silent Rebellion and the Joys of the Creative Process

Shikhar Verma December 12, 2024March 2, 2025

Rhythm of Dammam (2024)

Film Festivals · IFFI · Review

Rhythm of Dammam (2024) ‘IFFI’ Movie Review: A Beautiful Attempt in Surreal Documentation of A Marginalized Community

Amartya Acharya November 29, 2024March 2, 2025

Cannes

Dangerous Animals (2025)

Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Dangerous Animals (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Wildly Entertaining Stripped-to-the-Bone Slasher

Ollie Wheaton June 9, 2025June 15, 2025

Meteors (2025)

Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Meteors (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Humanistic and Fervent Tale of Two Teenagers Waking up to the Waves of Adulthood

Akash Deshpande May 28, 2025June 17, 2025

The Mastermind (2025)

Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

The Mastermind (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Genre Reshaping Targets the Heist Thriller For A Serenely Gripping Commentary on America’s Downturn

Julian Malandruccolo May 26, 2025June 11, 2025

Fantasia

Oddity (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Oddity (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Subpar Scares in a Horror Film Delighted By Its Own Dopiness

Julian Malandruccolo August 5, 2024March 2, 2025

Infinite Summer (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Infinite Summer (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: This Wild, Bizarre Transhumanist Exploration Doesn’t Hold back

Debanjan Dhar August 3, 2024August 9, 2024

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

Fantasia · Film Festivals · Review

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) ‘Fantasia’ Movie Review: Brotherhood Expressed Through Bloody Knuckles and Broken Bones

Julian Malandruccolo August 2, 2024March 2, 2025

BFI London 2023

Anora (2024) 'BFI London Film Festival' Movie Review

BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Anora (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: It’s Not Your Typical Meet-Cute

Freddie Kay October 14, 2024March 2, 2025

Harvest (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: A Haunting Tale of Nature and Humanity

BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Harvest (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: A Haunting Tale of Nature and Humanity

Jamie Carlstrand October 13, 2024October 24, 2024

Lubo (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review

BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review

Lubo (2023) ‘BFI-LFF’ Movie Review: Giorgio Diritti’s wannabe war epic moves at a glacial pace, held together by Franz Rogowski

Georgia May October 20, 2023October 21, 2023

Locarno

Olivia and the Clouds (Olivia y Las Nubes, 2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Olivia and the Clouds (Olivia y Las Nubes, 2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: A Surreal, Mixed-Media Anthology of Unconventional Love Stories

Amartya Acharya August 16, 2024March 2, 2025

Toxic (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Toxic (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Blistering Debut Foregrounds the Act of Flight

Debanjan Dhar August 16, 2024August 18, 2024

Eight Postcards from Utopia, Sleep #2 (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Locarno · Review

Eight Postcards from Utopia, Sleep #2 (2024) ‘Locarno’ Movie Review: Radu Jude Proves Yet Again Why He’s One of the Most Radical Mischief-Makers in Contemporary Cinema

Debanjan Dhar August 15, 2024March 2, 2025

Berlinale

Blue Moon (2025) Movie

Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review

Blue Moon (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: Between Melody and Melancholy, Blue Moon Explores the Cost of Genius and Longing

Shubham Sharma March 2, 2025April 15, 2025

Mickey 17 (2025)

Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review

Mickey 17 (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Movie Review: The Disposable Burden of Morality

Shubham Sharma February 27, 2025March 2, 2025

The Moelln Letters

Berlinale · Film Festivals · Review

The Moelln Letters (2025) ‘Berlinale’ Review: Martina Priessner’s Documentary Puts an Imperative Demand for Remembrance

Debanjan Dhar February 25, 2025March 2, 2025

NYAFF

FINDING BLISS_ FIRE AND ICE - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT MOVIE REVIEW (1)

Film Festivals · NYAFF · Review

Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice [2022]: ‘ NYAFF’ Review – An Insightful Exploration of Value of Art in Our Lives

Akash Deshpande July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

GROWN-UPS-2022-MOVIE-REVIEW (1)

Film Festivals · NYAFF · Review

Grown-Ups (2022): ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Insidious Blow to the Core of Clichés

Sourima Chakraborty July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

#LookAtMe (2022) 'NYAFF'

NYAFF · Review

#LookAtMe (2022) ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Empathetic Drama discussing the issue of Human Rights

Akash Deshpande July 23, 2022July 24, 2022

NYFF

Ferrari (2023) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · NYFF · Review

Ferrari (2023) ‘NYFF’ Movie Review: Paint-by-Numbers Biopic About Visionary Engineer Has None of its Subject’s Attention to Detail

Ron Meyer October 17, 2023October 21, 2023

Burning (2018) ‘NYFF’ Review: About Rage, Love & Class Conflict

Film Festivals · NYFF

Burning (2018) ‘NYFF’ Review: About Rage, Love & Class Conflict

Nafees Ahmed October 6, 2018January 2, 2023

A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review

Film Festivals · NYFF

A Family Tour [2018]- ‘NYFF’ Review

Nafees Ahmed October 3, 2018October 4, 2018

MAMI

Tinctoria (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · MAMI · Review

Tinctoria (2025) MAMI Select Short Film Review: Singling Out the Stain of Shame From the Stain of Indigo

Damayanti Ghosh April 20, 2025April 27, 2025

Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · MAMI · Review

Diciannove (Nineteen, 2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: A Brash, Exhilarating Snapshot of Youthful Imprudence

Akash Deshpande October 27, 2024March 2, 2025

The Fable (2024) 'MAMI' Movie Review

Film Festivals · MAMI · Review

The Fable (2024) ‘MAMI’ Movie Review: Magical Realism in the Himalayas

Souvik Saha October 25, 2024March 2, 2025

TIFF

Crocodile Tears (2024) “TIFF” Movie Review

Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Crocodile Tears (2024) “TIFF” Movie Review: Tumpal Tampubolon’s Hitchcockian Thriller Delves into Possessiveness and Solitude

Niikhiil Akhiil October 2, 2024March 2, 2025

Shook, The Swedish Torpedo (2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

Shook, The Swedish Torpedo (2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Extraordinary Tales of Finding One’s Feet

Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024October 15, 2024

The Party’s Over (Fin de fiesta, 2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Review · TIFF

The Party’s Over (Fin de fiesta, 2024) ‘TIFF’ Movie Review: Sonia Barba Holds Together Cheeky Migrant-In-Hiding Drama

Debanjan Dhar September 15, 2024March 2, 2025

Tribeca

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama

Debanjan Dhar June 13, 2025June 14, 2025

Tow (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Tow (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance

Debanjan Dhar June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Deep Cover (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Deep Cover (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Hysterical, Crisply Written Comedy of Errors that Hits All the Right Notes

Akash Deshpande June 12, 2025June 16, 2025

Venice

Songs of Slow Burning Earth (2024)

Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Songs of Slow Burning Earth (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: A Shattering, Indelible Record of a Wrecked Ukraine

Debanjan Dhar September 20, 2024March 2, 2025

The Ties That Bind Us (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review

Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

The Ties That Bind Us (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: A Warm, Frank and Wise Peek into Myriad Emotional Bonds

Debanjan Dhar September 12, 2024March 2, 2025

Familiar Touch (2024) Movie

Film Festivals · Review · Venice Film Festival

Familiar Touch (2024) ‘Venice’ Movie Review: Sarah Friedland’s Powerful Debut Centers Ageing with Authority and Agency

Debanjan Dhar September 10, 2024March 2, 2025

Redlight To Limelight (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Redlight To Limelight (2025) ‘Sheffield DocFest’ Movie Review: Bipuljit Basu’s Doc Entwines Community And Creative Assertion

June 25, 2025

Tape (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Tape (2025) “Raindance Film Festival London” Movie Review: A Hong Kong Reimagination of Linklater’s Indie Classic

June 23, 2025

Ajay Rahul Raja

Our Happy Place (2024)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Our Happy Place (2024) Movie Review: Psychological Horror About a Woman in the Woods Struggles to Flesh Out Its Central Mystery

June 27, 2025

Akash Deshpande

Welded Together (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Welded Together (2025) ‘Sheffield DocFest’ Movie Review: A Heart Wrenching Portrait of Resilience Shifts Between Believing and Receding

June 20, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama

June 14, 2025

Follow Us

New Beginnings (Les Recommencements, 2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Richly Internal and Sombre Look at a Native American’s Identity and Scars

Film Festivals · Review

New Beginnings (Les Recommencements, 2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Richly Internal and Sombre Look at a Native American’s Identity and Scars

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

The Vanishing Point (2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: A Blazing Confrontation with Forced Silences in Iran

Film Festivals · Review

The Vanishing Point (2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: A Blazing Confrontation with Forced Silences in Iran

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

The Town That Drove Away (2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Searing Portraits of Displacement and Erasure

Film Festivals · Review

The Town That Drove Away (2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Searing Portraits of Displacement and Erasure

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

I Lost Sight of The Landscape (2025) ‘Visions du Réel Review: Delightful Self-Reflexive Doc on Creative Journeys

Film Festivals · Review

I Lost Sight of The Landscape (2025) ‘Visions du Réel Review: Delightful Self-Reflexive Doc on Creative Journeys

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

To the West, in Zapata (Al Oeste, en Zapata, 2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Piercing, Contained Doc Mines the Tension of Survival

Film Festivals · Review

To the West, in Zapata (Al Oeste, en Zapata, 2025) ‘Visions du Réel’ Movie Review: Piercing, Contained Doc Mines the Tension of Survival

Debanjan Dhar April 30, 2025

Every Little Thing (2024) ‘WIFF’ Movie Review: A Lovely Documentary about Hummingbirds, The Woman Who Loves Them, and Us

Film Festivals · Review

Every Little Thing (2024) ‘WIFF’ Movie Review: A Lovely Documentary about Hummingbirds, The Woman Who Loves Them, and Us

Andrew Kidd April 15, 2025

Mistress Dispeller (2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: Stunningly Layered Chinese Doc Scrutinises All Sides of a Love Triangle

Film Festivals · Review

Mistress Dispeller (2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: Stunningly Layered Chinese Doc Scrutinises All Sides of a Love Triangle

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

Agatha’s Almanac (2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: An Enchanting Portrait of a Life Led in Quiet Resistance

Film Festivals · Review

Agatha’s Almanac (2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: An Enchanting Portrait of a Life Led in Quiet Resistance

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025

Always (A Letter to Childhood, 2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: Deming Chen’s Elegant, Evocative Debut Softly Wends Through Landscape and Loneliness

Film Festivals · Review

Always (A Letter to Childhood, 2025) ‘CPH:DOX’ Movie Review: Deming Chen’s Elegant, Evocative Debut Softly Wends Through Landscape and Loneliness

Debanjan Dhar April 15, 2025