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![A Gaza Weekend [2022] ‘TIFF’ review: A Massively Entertaining Tale of a Couple Helplessly Searching for Safety](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gaza-Weekend-2022-768x384.jpg)
Even before one can anticipate the nerve of a filmmaker to fuel a narrative feature on a pandemic with comedy,…
![Indian Predator: Diary of a Serial Killer [2022] ‘Netflix’ Review: A Mental Frostbite Eating Itself](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Indian-Predator-Diary-of-a-Serial-Killer-768x403.jpeg)
Indian Predator: Diary of a Serial Killer [2022] ‘Netflix’ Review: There is no explanation for the brutal murder of so…
Frances Ha (2012) is one of those rare mumblecore movies that features a protagonist that is relatable. Not just to…
![Anhell69 [2022]: ‘Venice’ Review – A Intimate and Melancholic Portrait of the Young Queer Scene in Medellin](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/A69_02-768x432.jpg)
Anhell69 (2022) is the feature-length autobiographical documentary of Colombian filmmaker Theo Montoya. The story is set in the queer community…
![Dogborn [2022]: ‘Venice’ Review – An Evocative Drama Rooted in Humanism](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dogborn-2022-Movie-Review-2-768x384.png)
Dogborn, directed by Isabella Carbonell, is making its world premiere in Critics Week at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While…
![Goliath [2022]: ‘Venice’ Review – A Stark Vision of a Land Conspired of Violence](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Goliath-2022-Movie-Review-768x322.jpg)
Remember this name: Adilkhan Yerzhanov. This Kazakh filmmaker’s brutish and uncompromising new feature film Goliath screens at the Orizzonti extra…
![Victim [2022] ‘Venice’ Review – A Mother’s Unexpected Encounter with Politics of Polarization](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Victim-2022-768x432.jpg)
Some lies can provoke a snowball effect and impact society in unbelievable ways. Moreover, in an increasingly polarized world, every…
An apt critique of exploitation in the megachurch culture; Adamma Ebo’s “Honk for Jesus Save your Soul’’ is something of…
![The Last Queen [2022]: ‘Venice’ Review – A Highly Engrossing Period Drama from Algiers](https://www.highonfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Last-Queen-2022-1-768x416.jpg)
Modern filmmakers and viewers often feel the need to reinterpret old stories or legends through the prism of contemporary worldview….