Try Harder! [2021] Review: An Exploration of High School Overachievers, with College Rejections as the Villain
In the documentary ‘Try Harder!’, directed by Debbie Lum, education is both the protagonist and antagonist. Even if you are…
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![Look Away, Look Away [2021] Review – An objective albeit broad documentation of racial hatred](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Trump-flag-on-rodeo-float-768x405.jpg)
Look Away, Look Away [2021] Review – An objective albeit broad documentation of racial hatred
Patrick O’Connor’s 2021 documentary “Look Away, Look Away” opens and closes with two very powerful and disturbing events that earmarked…
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Writing with Fire [2021] Review: A Well-Told Story of Grassroots-Level Journalism
We enter ‘Writing with Fire’ with Meera Devi, the Chief Reporter at Khabar Lahariya, walking behind her, as she goes…
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Keep Sweet [2021] Review: Informative but, Unfortunately, Untidy in Presentation
FLDS stands for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, one of the biggest churches under Mormonian fundamentalism…
10 Films like The Electrical Life of Louis Wain You Must Watch
Louis Wain’s incredible body of work still permeates magazines and comics today. A rather unknown figure in pop culture, the…
The 10 Best Movie Musicals in Cinema
We are in the midst of a musical revival. After what felt like a decades-long drought of movie musicals, 2021…
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Shoebox [2021]: ‘DIFF’ Review – Empty gestures mangle this ode to a single screen and a changing city
In Faraz Ali’s debut feature Shoebox, we find ourselves frequently confronted with questions relating to the reconfiguration of identity, the…
![The Brittle Thread [2021]: ‘Tokyo International Film Festival’ Review – A Searing Critique Of India’s Religious Divide And Majoritarianism](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Brittle-Thread-2021-highonfilms-768x432.jpg)
The Brittle Thread [2021]: ‘Tokyo International Film Festival’ Review – A Searing Critique Of India’s Religious Divide And Majoritarianism
Those who live in India and are aware of how the government is using the Hindi film industry to advertise…
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Meenakshi Sundareshwar [2021] Netflix Review: A Sweet Film Affected By Its Affection To Sweetness
A shy groom and a self-assured bride. Characters from Meenakshi Sundareshwar are presented in the same manner. Not as a…