Perception of Time in Contemporary Georgia: Retrospective of Current Georgia at Kutaisi International Short Film Festival
In a newly born Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, I was set to coordinate the retrospectives of Georgian shorts. This…
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The 20 Best LGBT Films of 2020
LGBTIQA+ films have become somewhat mainstream in the 21st century. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (2005) was a gamechanger that missed the Oscar;…
![Notturno [2020] ‘MUBI’ Review: Rosi Travels Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Kurdistan](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Notturno-2-highonfilms-768x433.jpg)
Notturno [2020] ‘MUBI’ Review: Rosi Travels Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Kurdistan
Notturno is now streaming on MUBI Ten years and counting, Alia Chughtai of Al Jazeera, reported on 15 March 2021…
The 20 Best Indian Movies of 2020
It would be quite tricky to describe how 2020 was for Indian movies. With almost every theater shut, the cinematic…
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The Mole Agent [2020] Review – An Unusual and Insightful Examination of Old Age
Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent (El Agente Topo, 2020) is nominated for ‘Best Documentary Feature Oscar. But I…
10 Best Soviet Silent Comedy Films
In a lot of ways, silent cinema was an accomplished art. While the German expressionist school of film-making in the…
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This is not a War Story [2021] Review: A devastating yet knobbly look at PTSD
Talia Lugacy’s “This is not a War Story” opens with a suicide. A young recently returned from combat war veteran…
![General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait [1974] Review – A Strangely Funny and Disquieting Look at a Sociopathic Ruler](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/General-Idi-Amin-Dada-1974-768x432.jpg)
General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait [1974] Review – A Strangely Funny and Disquieting Look at a Sociopathic Ruler
Art has a long history of laughing in the face of autocrats. An ingenious artist can even take the propaganda…
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July Rain [1967] Review – An Engrossing Study of Society and Youth in Flux
“It never ceases to amaze me how interesting everyday life really is. There are an endless number of human truths.”…