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Shikhar Verma
Shikhar Verma is the Co-founder and Senior-Film Critic at High on Films. When he is not writing or championing low-budget indie movies, he is either eating, traveling or just hanging out with his wife. Movies, for him, are more than just moving images and he attributes his coming-of-age to the fleeting moments of catharsis he often feels when a screen fades to black.
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![Hot Water [2021] Review – A generic underdog sports drama with an American Pie obession](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Hot-Water-2-highonfilms-768x327.png)
![In the Earth [2021] Review – Ben Wheatley returns to genre-filmmaking with uneven results](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/In-the-Earth-2-highonfilms-768x432.jpg)
![This is not a War Story [2021] Review: A devastating yet knobbly look at PTSD](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/This-is-not-a-war-story-1-highonfilms-768x432.jpg)
![Women is Losers [2021]: ‘SXSW’ Review – 60s set feminist fable suffers from a heavy-handed approach](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Women-is-Losers-1-highonfilms-768x433.jpg)
![See You Then [2021]: ‘SXSW’ Review – Oblique Queer drama stumbles to a finish](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/See-You-Then-1-highonfilms-768x512.jpg)