Mondo Hollywoodland [2021] Review – Freewheeling homage to the 60s fails to make sense of its potent satire
Not many people would know about the Mondo films from the 60s, but a lot of them would still remember…
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![Soul of a Beast [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – A Visual Fantasy with Entertainingly Deranged Moments](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Soul-of-a-Beast-2-768x432.jpg)
Soul of a Beast [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – A Visual Fantasy with Entertainingly Deranged Moments
On the surface, Soul of a Beast (2021) is one of the most conventional narratives to have resurfaced in the…
![Roots [2021]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – A Distinctively Minimalist Portrait of Landscape and its People](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Roots-2021-768x403.jpg)
Roots [2021]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – A Distinctively Minimalist Portrait of Landscape and its People
Sometimes the largest of human stories can be contained in the smallest (of space, of moments, etc). It’s what Tea…
![The Bad Man [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – How the Brutality of War Changes a Man](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Bad-Man-768x405.jpeg)
The Bad Man [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – How the Brutality of War Changes a Man
Many films have documented the regret and deep sorrow engulfing unwilling perpetrators of violence. The representation mostly consists of a…
![How to Kill a Cloud [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – The Quandaries of a Rainmaker](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/How-to-Kill-a-Cloud-2021-768x512.jpg)
How to Kill a Cloud [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – The Quandaries of a Rainmaker
Who doesn’t love watching the clouds? On a warm summer day when you can see random patterns and faces, or…
![The Sacred Spirit [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – A Dazzling, Mysterious Supernatural Fantasy](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Sacred-Spirit-1-768x416.jpg)
The Sacred Spirit [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – A Dazzling, Mysterious Supernatural Fantasy
One hour into Chema García Ibarra’s The Sacred Spirit (2021), a little girl uncomfortably asks, “What’s worse? Coke addiction or…
![Bucolic [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – A Portrait of Country Life minus the Idealized Perspective](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bucolic-2021-768x512.jpg)
Bucolic [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – A Portrait of Country Life minus the Idealized Perspective
Bucolic indicates the pleasant or romanticized aspects of countryside and country life. The literary genre of ‘Pastoral’ in fact evokes…
![Everything Is Cinema [2021] Review: An Inspiringly Fleshed-Out Docufiction That Hits Strangely Affecting Notes](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Everthing-is-Cinema-768x479.jpg)
Everything Is Cinema [2021] Review: An Inspiringly Fleshed-Out Docufiction That Hits Strangely Affecting Notes
Everything Is Cinema (2021) has a deceptively simple plot. Chris is a young filmmaker who set out to film Calcutta with…
![A Balance [2021]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A searing take on Japan’s Culture of Shaming](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A-Balance-NYAFF-review-2021-768x432.jpeg)
A Balance [2021]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A searing take on Japan’s Culture of Shaming
In Yujiro Harumoto’s intense, and slightly overlong A Balance (premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2021), a documentary director Yuko (a fine…