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A Rifle and a Bag [2020]: ‘DIFF’ Review – A quiet look in the life of an ex naxalite family.
A Rifle and a Bag Review: Somi was once upon a time an idealistic young woman. As she says to…
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![Naked Childhood [1968] Review – A Candid and Potently Naturalistic Depiction of Damaged Childhood](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Naked-Childhood-1968-768x529.jpg)
Naked Childhood [1968] Review – A Candid and Potently Naturalistic Depiction of Damaged Childhood
French film-maker Maurice Pialat’s unflinching portrait of childhood on the cusp of ruination – in Naked Childhood (L’Enfance Nue, 1968)…
![Spark: A Burning Man Story [2013] Review – A surface level documentation of the greatest party in the world](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Spark-A-Burning-Man-Story-2-768x512.jpeg)
Spark: A Burning Man Story [2013] Review – A surface level documentation of the greatest party in the world
To really understand the value of Burning Man – an event that has taken a mighty course in the history…
![David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet [2020] Netflix Review – A Clarion Call to Save the World](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/David-Attenborough-A-Life-on-Our-Planet-Netflix-1-highonfilms-768x384.jpg)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet [2020] Netflix Review – A Clarion Call to Save the World
It is heartbreaking to see a 93-year-old man (now aged 94) on-screen pleading humankind to stop destroying the love of…
![Padatik [1973] Mubi Review – The Solitude of a Young Revolutionary](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Padatik-1973-768x479.jpg)
Padatik [1973] Mubi Review – The Solitude of a Young Revolutionary
Padatik (The Guerilla Fighter aka The Foot Soldier, 1973) is the final part in Mrinal Sen’s ‘Calcutta Trilogy’: movies that…
![The Measure of a Man [2015] Review – A Subtly Affecting Humanist Drama](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Measure-of-a-Man-2015-768x432.jpg)
The Measure of a Man [2015] Review – A Subtly Affecting Humanist Drama
In Stephane Brize’s quietly devastating drama The Measure of a Man (‘La loi du marche’, 2015) French star Vincent Lindon…
![12 Monkeys [1995] Review – An Intriguing Dystopian Tale by a Masterful Fantasist](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Twelve-Monekys-1995-768x512.jpg)
12 Monkeys [1995] Review – An Intriguing Dystopian Tale by a Masterful Fantasist
“12 Monkeys unfolds in an episodic manner, the composite parts doesn’t smoothly get unified as a whole. Yet the precision…
Spielberg (2017): A Modest Storyteller vs The Spectacle
Spielberg (2017): Modest Storyteller vs The Spectacle: Let us begin by talking about Duel (1971); I feel Duel is a…
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The Disciple [2020]: ‘TIFF’ Review – A deeply moving character drama about the arduous journey of a failed artist
Chaitanya Tamahe’s meditative sophomore feature ‘The Disciple,’ opens with a small-scaled concert where a veteran Indian Classical singer is performing…