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![The Wind [2019] Review: A Menacing Portrait of Isolation](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-wind-1-768x432.jpg)
The Wind [2019] Review: A Menacing Portrait of Isolation
A folkloric tale of madness, paranoia & things that go bump in the night, The Wind is an exquisitely photographed…
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Killing (Zan) [2019]: ‘Japan Cuts’ Review – A Remarkable Reimagining of Samurai Cinema Tropes
Shinya Tsukamoto, the maverick film-maker Quentin Tarantino is obsessed with, burst onto the Japanese cinema scene with his black-and-white, industrial-surrealist…
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Samurai Marathon [2019]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – Of forest greens and dyestalk red
The arrival of representatives of a culture from the west creates disquietude in the Lord Itakura (Hiroki Hasegawa) of the…
![The Cordillera of Dreams [2019]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – A Piercingly Elegiac Documentary on Landscape and Memory](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Cordillera-of-Dreams-Doc-768x401.jpg)
The Cordillera of Dreams [2019]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – A Piercingly Elegiac Documentary on Landscape and Memory
“The Cordillera of Dreams (‘La Cordillera de los suenos’, 2019) once again explores the majesty of Chile’s landscapes set against…
![Savage [2019]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visually Spectacular Thriller Drama](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Savage-2019-high-on-films-768x398.jpg)
Savage [2019]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visually Spectacular Thriller Drama
Worked as a screenwriter on popular films like ‘Island’ and ‘Bleeding Steel’, ‘Cui Siwei’ chooses a character drama in the…
![Loves of a Blonde [1965] Review – When Political Practices Invades Youthful Romantic Impulses](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lob-cover-768x432.jpg)
Loves of a Blonde [1965] Review – When Political Practices Invades Youthful Romantic Impulses
“Loves of a Blonde may somehow fall under the romance and comedy genre, but it has nothing to do with…
![Welcome Home [2019] Review: A Cerebral Deconstruction of The Institutions](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screenshot-156-768x322.jpg)
Welcome Home [2019] Review: A Cerebral Deconstruction of The Institutions
The director duo, Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukhthankar, is known for their socially relevant filmography backed by intellectual insights. Moreover,…
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Chungking Express [1994] Review: Men Without Women
Our minds find a home in repetitions, seek solace in symmetric patterns. The rhythm of known drowns us in comforts…