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Deep End [1970] : Blood, Bath & Beyond.

Deep End [1970] : Blood, Bath & Beyond.

ByShikhar Verma

Deep End juggles a lot of intrinsic dynamics that constantly engages us with voyeurism, sexual awakenings and naive character moments. But overall, the film is singular in its vision and never falls into the formulaic coming-of-age film’s shadow. Deep End is a devastating, almost nightmarish film about adolescence, obsession, sexuality, and vulnerability.

The 15 Best Women-Directed Films of 2016

The 15 Best Women-Directed Films of 2016

ByShikhar Verma

Like each year the league of women directed films has gradually increased. In spite of being a male dominated industry, there have been some really well crafted, beautifully realized women directed films this year. There’s not a single genre left that needs to be touched anymore. Here are 15 films directed by women that range from the heart of realism to the seabeds of surrealism.

10 Best Films Of 2016 Picked by HOF Crew

10 Best Films Of 2016 Picked by HOF Crew

ByHigh on Films

A year ago, High On Films was just an idea waiting to be conceived. I feel so ecstatic now as we have turned our varied film taste and opinions into one long world of wordplay. We have written, argued and talked about every single fable that is thrown towards us in the name of cinematic artistry. Despite the times when we struggled to go through the films that were deliberately a slog, we have managed to stand again on grounds of films that were magical in every sense of the word. After sitting down to pick our favorites, it was difficult to bring the number of best films down to a bare minimum. But we battled and narrowed down our collaborative favorites in a list that follows.