Angry Son [2022]: ‘NYAFF’ Review: A Seamless Story of the Coming-of-Age of a Japanese-Filipino Queer Young Adult
Every time I am watching a coming-of-age story, I secretly wish the director brings to screen a glimpse of the…
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![Turbo Cola [2022] Review – A Cool Drink Kinda 90s-Style Coming-of-Age Film](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Turbo-Cola-Movie-Review-1-768x322.jpg)
Turbo Cola [2022] Review – A Cool Drink Kinda 90s-Style Coming-of-Age Film
It is the New Year’s Eve of the millennium. As we hear excited reporters on the television talking about the…
![Cherry [2022] ‘Tribeca’ Review: An Uplifting and Important Coming-of-Age Story](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Cherry-2022-768x432.png)
Cherry [2022] ‘Tribeca’ Review: An Uplifting and Important Coming-of-Age Story
Ever since rumors arose about the landmark Roe v/s Wade ruling being overturned by the Supreme Court of the United…
Wyrm (2022) Review: Every Child’s Coming-of-Age Story
Christopher Winterbauer’s feature film Wyrm speaks in a kind of language every syllable of which manifests an obscenely cruel truth—…
![Paulie Go! [2022] Review – An Incredibly Entertaining Coming-of-Age Comedy](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Paulie-Go-2022-768x431.jpg)
Paulie Go! [2022] Review – An Incredibly Entertaining Coming-of-Age Comedy
Andrew Nackman’s second directorial venture, Paulie Go! (2022) revolves around a high school AI prodigy named Paulie (Ethan Dizon) with…
![Marvelous and the Black Hole [2022] Review: An Honest Coming-of-Age Punctured By Its Visual Experiments](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MARVELOUS-AND-THE-BLACK-HOLE-MOVIE-REVIEW-1-768x432.jpg)
Marvelous and the Black Hole [2022] Review: An Honest Coming-of-Age Punctured By Its Visual Experiments
One of the most important narratives to come out last year was The Fallout which dealt with the process of…
![Money, Fascism, and Some Sort of Acid [2021] Review – An expertly mounted collage that looks at modern society’s shortcomings](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Money-Fascism-and-Some-Sort-of-Acid.jpg)
Money, Fascism, and Some Sort of Acid [2021] Review – An expertly mounted collage that looks at modern society’s shortcomings
Janek Ambros’ 40-minute long documentary short “Money, Fascism and Some Sort of Acid,” opens with a frantically edited sequence from…
![The Hand of God [2021] Review – A Deeply Emotive coming-of-age tale about grief and love](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Hand-of-God-3-768x433.jpg)
The Hand of God [2021] Review – A Deeply Emotive coming-of-age tale about grief and love
Since the turn of the century, Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino has preoccupied himself with creating alternate realities. Through his inventive…
We Are Little Zombies (2019): The Absurdity of Coming-of-Age
We Are Little Zombies, which won accolades across several film festivals in 2019, including the Special Jury Award for Originality at Sundance in the same year, plays out like a psychedelic dream in some parts while mostly being a wry but humorous social commentary, dipped in dark humor.