High On Films
![Shoebox [2021]: ‘DIFF’ Review – Empty gestures mangle this ode to a single screen and a changing city](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Shoebox-1-highonfilms-768x386.jpg)
In Faraz Ali’s debut feature Shoebox, we find ourselves frequently confronted with questions relating to the reconfiguration of identity, the…
![Meenakshi Sundareshwar [2021] Netflix Review: A Sweet Film Affected By Its Affection To Sweetness](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Meenakshi-Sundareshwar-Netflix-1-768x432.jpg)
A shy groom and a self-assured bride. Characters from Meenakshi Sundareshwar are presented in the same manner. Not as a…
The Czechoslovak New Wave sparked in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia that helped enable cinema as an art and form of…
‘Midnight Mass’ continues in the lineage of extraordinary original works by Mike Flanagan on Netflix. The American filmmaker’s penchant for…
10 South Korean Thrillers With Notable Socio-Economic Commentary: South Korean filmmakers did not have the freedom to exercise their expression…
Several films releasing on streaming services has ignited a heated debate about what exactly is cinema. Director Patty Jenkins went…
![Silent Land [2021]: ‘TIFF’ Review – A Laidback Exploration Of A Toxic Marriage](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SILENT-LAND-by-Aga-Woszczynska_HOF-768x415.jpg)
Silent Land TIFF Review: “Vacations gone wrong” is one of my favorite sub-genres in cinema. Midsommar, The Ritual, The Hangover,…
![Vacation Friends [2021] Review: A Terribly Overstated Entertainer, But One With Little Potential to Waste](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vacation-Friends-2-768x432.jpg)
Vacation Friends [2021] Hotstar Review:Â Marcus and Emily are a pretty straight-laced couple. What can be more convenient than being rich,…
![Gerda [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – A Metaphysical Drama on Personhood and Modern Society](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gerda-2021-768x432.jpg)
Actress-turned-director Natalya Kudryashova’s sophomore feature, Gerda (2021) is set in the turbulent, harsh social reality of contemporary Russia. However, the…