On Body and Soul [2017] Review: The Dream and The Dreary
Mesmerizing, murky and mystical – these three words stand for how my experience of watching the 2017 Hungarian film On…
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![First Love [2019] Cannes Review- A Hilarious Action Thriller from Takashi Miike](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/first-love-teaser-11-cropped-e1556117153197-768x432.jpg)
First Love [2019] Cannes Review- A Hilarious Action Thriller from Takashi Miike
First Love is a hilarious action thriller about a boxer and a trauma-stricken girl that encapsulates all of Takashi Miike’s wicked sense of style.
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Aligarh [2016]: A Tragic World of ‘Labels’
Fifteen minutes into Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh, Professor Ramachandra Siras (Manoj Bajpai) sits alone in his dark, dingy, AMU flat and…
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The Dead Don’t Die [2019]: ‘Cannes’ Review – A peculiarly disappointing attempt at deadpan
“The Dead Don’t Die is a peculiarly disappointing attempt at deadpan.” A horror comedy that lacks the latter with a…
Game Of Thrones Season 8 Breakdown
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Game of Thrones’ writing has been steadily deteriorating since its departure from the…
House of Hummingbird (2019) ‘Tribeca’ Review: Growth and Resilience through Self-created Shells
Bora Kim’s House of Hummingbird (벌새) won big at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is so emotionally potent that…
“What is dead may never die”: Theon, a Greyjoy and a Stark
You are a good man. Thank you. While most people are commending Arya Stark for her bravery and heroism as…
The Film Industry’s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination
Although there’s been much fuss made about gender discrimination in the film industry, with pledges made by many film festivals to ensure gender parity, it should be blindly obvious that asymmetries in workplace diversity does not automatically mean active discrimination.
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Guava Island [2019] Review: Donald Grover’s passion project is more symbolic than substantial
If one is to judge the many talents of Donald Grover – Comprising of a director credit, an absolute versatility…