Léa & I Netflix [2019] Review: Yearning For the Alternatives and a Better Life
“This is my best friend Léa. Léa speaks five languages, cannot stop eating Haribo candy peaches and has cystic fibrosis,…
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![Shooting the Mafia [2019]: ‘Fantasia’ Review – Photogenic Revolution](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooting-the-mafia-768x497.jpg)
Shooting the Mafia [2019]: ‘Fantasia’ Review – Photogenic Revolution
Shooting the Mafia is a documentary, like none other I have ever watched. It so successfully blurs the line between…
![For Sama [2019] – A Perturbing and Poignant Account of a Cataclysmic Conflict](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/For-Sama-2019-768x431.jpg)
For Sama [2019] – A Perturbing and Poignant Account of a Cataclysmic Conflict
The humanitarian crisis in Syria has been recently dealt in documentaries like Last Men in Aleppo (2017) and The White…
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A Step Forward [2019]: ‘Japan Cuts’ Review – Life is Heavy for the Japanese
“Atsushi Kasezawa’s documentary ‘A Step Forward’ approaches this devastating sociological subject from the perspective of a middle-aged pastor, Fujiyabu, who…
Mehsampur (2018) Review: A Dysfunctional Celebration of Dysfunction
There is a thin line between being detailed and being pedantic. Most successful docudramas achieve a balance in showing effective…
Internet Piracy Prevents Censorship
It is piracy that is the real best protection from corporate censorship before it occurs to media content on streaming services or when they are (re)issued on physical media.
Raatchasi (2019) Review: A Demon who Condemns Injustice
It is problematic when a film on a social issue turns into a tiring sermon. When such is the case,…
![Aga’s House [2019]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – An Empathetic coming-of-age Drama Set in the Land Of Women](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Agas-House-highonfilms1-768x322.jpg)
Aga’s House [2019]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – An Empathetic coming-of-age Drama Set in the Land Of Women
Award-winning Kosovar writer-director Lendita Zeqiraj’s debut feature “Aga’s House” is about a boy growing up in a house full of…
![Dark Figure of Crime [2019] ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visceral Crime Drama](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dark-Figure-of-Crime-2019.jpg)
Dark Figure of Crime [2019] ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visceral Crime Drama
The world is not ideal and neither are humans. The social and psychological behaviour of an individual, when coupled with…