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Moveable Fest

Moveable Fest is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Stephen Saito.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Basic (2026) Stephen Saito When "Basic" concerns how new technology has compounded bad habits of the past, the filmmaker finds ways to offer an ecstatic counterpoint, speaking to a younger generation when she isn’t beholden to old ideas of what a movie can be.
Posted Mar 22, 2026  Edit critic review
My NDA (2026) Stephen Saito A multifaceted look at the pervasive practice of non-disclosure agreements reveals a broken social contract that makes speaking out more important than ever.
Posted Mar 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (2026) Stephen Saito "Amazing Live Sea Monkeys" proves buoyant as its main subject is.
Posted Mar 21, 2026  Edit critic review
My Brother's Killer (2026) Stephen Saito Mason uses the template of a true crime documentary to shrewd effect, ultimately as interested in what made the case so complicated to solve.
Posted Mar 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film (2026) Stephen Saito When director Robb Boardman and crew don’t seem to have a mean bone in their body, the counterintuitive amiability of the whole endeavor is what gives it the extra bit of edge to stand out.
Posted Mar 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Love Language (2026) Stephen Saito The writing in Joey Power’s solo directorial debut is what makes it special when it may unfold as an escapist fantasy but holds real emotion throughout.
Posted Mar 20, 2026  Edit critic review
Manhood (2026) Stephen Saito The director impressively walks a fine line in raising serious issues while the subject lends itself to a more entertaining bent.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Baby/Girls (2026) Stephen Saito The filmmakers relate quite powerfully a cycle that’s held back plenty of women across Arkansas when sex education hasn’t been taught in school and often isn’t passed down from parents to children.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story (2026) Stephen Saito A pure, unfiltered blast of joy.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Beyond the Duplex Planet (2026) Stephen Saito Beth Harrington's profile of David Greenberger, an artist whose sideline in social work led to a creative breakthrough, rethinks what art is.
Posted Mar 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Grind (2026) Stephen Saito In a world where productivity is desired above all else, righteous fury is channeled towards something useful in what ultimately is a fierce entertainment.
Posted Mar 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Phenomena (2026) Stephen Saito The dazzling display of scientific experiments can often appear as a psychedelic trip, but [the film] is able to convey the physics so they can be easily understood and demystified.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
On a String (2025) Stephen Saito Uncertainty may reign supreme in "On a String," but the story itself is in assured hands of someone who knows where they’re going.
Posted Mar 01, 2026  Edit critic review
Iván & Hadoum (2026) Stephen Saito Shifting the burden from the people to the places they inhabit to express their experience in ways they might not be able to articulate for themselves proves keenly insightful in this delicate drama about star-crossed lovers.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
At the Sea (2026) Stephen Saito Bringing the truth out isn’t always elegant in "At the Sea," but when presented with this much bravery and personality, it becomes undeniable.
Posted Feb 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Mouse (2026) Stephen Saito O’Sullivan and Thompson may make it look easy themselves to create a world in which no one feels out of place, but "Mouse" sneaks up to pack a wallop because of everything going on below the surface.
Posted Feb 16, 2026  Edit critic review
One in a Million (2026) Stephen Saito "One in a Million" is exceptionally relatable separated from any international context at all in presenting their three main subjects as deeply complicated people whose lives are made only more so by one another as they adjust to a new normal.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
The Friend's House Is Here (2026) Stephen Saito In a time when the arts are being attacked everywhere, it’s refreshing to be reminded of the danger they pose with as fierce as a defense of them as Ataei and Keshavarz’s lovely portrait of the home proves to be.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
Jane Elliott Against the World (2026) Stephen Saito The mere example of someone willing to start the conversation in the first place seems to be what will open the door to even more in "Jane Elliott Against the World," where getting loud has a surprising amount of nuance in it.
Posted Feb 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Tooth Shop Fiasco (2026) Stephen Saito For those that enjoy random escapades, especially of the variety that might be mistaken for hallucinations by tuning into Adult Swim in the wee hours of the night, "Tooth Shop Fiasco" has enough laughing gas to keep it going.
Posted Feb 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) Stephen Saito When Greaves and crew were crouched into corners just trying to catch the action, the view can have the same voyeuristic appeal of peeking through a door, only "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" gives a fuller picture than has ever been seen before.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
Wicker (2026) Stephen Saito There are double entendres a plenty with a narrative built around wood, but "Wicker" operates with a level of sophistication that’s rare.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
To Hold a Mountain (2026) Stephen Saito "To Hold a Mountain" follows its lead when there are rarely any bold gestures, but the end result is mighty.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
If I Go Will They Miss Me (2026) Stephen Saito An enthralling expansion of the 2022 short of the same name... elegantly conveying the rocky relationship between a 12-year-old and his father after the latter comes back home to Watts after a prison stretch.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
See You When I See You (2026) Stephen Saito A touching, heartfelt dramedy.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
Take Me Home (2026) Stephen Saito Throughout Liz Sargent's heartrending debut," the basic routines of everyday life can be appreciated for how daunting they might be when the body or mind fail you as well as the grace that the people around to lend their support to prevent catastrophe.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Night Nurse (2026) Stephen Saito When there’s a great deal of tension generated from what can be known by the characters at their age, whether young or old, the one comfort the film provides throughout is knowing you’re in exceptionally skilled and assured hands yourself.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
American Doctor (2026) Stephen Saito "American Doctor" is told with the urgency that the humanitarian crisis requires and for all the destruction it depicts, it builds an undeniable portrait of a systematic elimination of an entire culture.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
The Shitheads (2026) Stephen Saito Perhaps a little less audacious than its title might suggest but wonderfully amusing nonetheless, the "I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore" director once again asks how average people might behave if caught up in a world of crime.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Bedford Park (2026) Stephen Saito Ahn’s debut may be about how hard it is to see promise in anything once again after a lifetime of heartbreaks, small and big, but it’s easy to see it all over her raw yet radiant drama.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
Nuisance Bear  (2026) Stephen Saito An unexpected rumination on colonialism and immigration that may be more effective than most when it just hits differently.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
The Lake (2026) Stephen Saito It certainly is of great concern that the lake could erode, but the film powerfully reflects what truly should be feared is end of an open dialogue.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
The Oldest Person in the World (2026) Stephen Saito The biggest compliment that could be paid is that it doesn’t waste a second of your time when it conveys just how precious it is.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Hot Water (2026) Stephen Saito "Hot Water" feels like a product of hard-won wisdom, but couldn’t be a smoother or more pleasurable ride.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Filipiñana (2026) Stephen Saito Manuel’s ability to leave an impression within the film extends to leaving one far beyond with a striking feature debut where individual frames can speak to centuries.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) Stephen Saito In taking such an vivacious approach [to the grief process], it’s hard either for [the lead character] or an audience to linger on death too much when so much life is happening right in front of you.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Hanging by a Wire (2026) Stephen Saito For all the obstacles overcome in remarkable ways in "Hanging by a Wire," getting people to care outside of Buttongay emerges as one of the most difficult of all, but the film itself has no such trouble.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026) Stephen Saito The galvanizing power of art isn’t only illustrated in "American Pachuco," but intimately felt when the biography has plenty of panache to get its story of the groundbreaking Chicano artist across.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
A Place of Absence (2025) Stephen Saito An impressive way to create a presence for those who have gone missing, not only asserting their place on the record, but fleshing them out as more than statistics.
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Nuns vs. The Vatican (2025) Stephen Saito Amongst all that "Nuns Vs. the Vatican" exposes, it’s that those made to feel marginalized have power too.
Posted Nov 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Artists in Residence (2025) Stephen Saito It isn’t just the three getting their due in "Artists in Residence" that makes it such a moving portrait, but that it really does give a full picture of how creativity wasn’t limited to any one part of their lives.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Flophouse America (2025) Stephen Saito Time spent with a family in a modern-day tenement house exposes the inescapable despair of living on the margins in this devastating doc.
Posted Nov 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Forelock (2025) Stephen Saito The gleeful feeling of getting away with something runs throughout the production where colorful costume choices and a great use of Los Angeles locations amount to a great deal of fun.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Orphan (2025) Stephen Saito This chronological successor [to "Son of Saul"] reaffirms its director as a generational talent.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
CAMP (2025) Stephen Saito It wouldn’t be too far off to describe as if “The Craft” were actually made by one of its Wiccan high schoolers, full of dream logic and an endearing aversion to polishing off any of its rough edges.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Where to Land (2025) Stephen Saito At a fleet 75 minutes, you’ve got to enjoy “Where to Land" while it lasts as well, but Hartley makes the most of the moment.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Gavagai (2025) Stephen Saito The writer/director’s aim is precise as the fictional mounting of the Greek tragedy exposes a number of modern maladies in a cultural climate where empty provocation is plentiful and actual confrontation is avoided at all costs.
Posted Oct 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Christy (2025) Stephen Saito Between Sweeney’s disarming vulnerability and Michôd’s unusual points of emphasis, “Christy” comes across the truth of any great fighter in a singular way - that things are more interesting when the gloves come off.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Fuck My Son! (2025) Stephen Saito In a film that could so easily strike one note, it feels as if the writer/director has convened world-class orchestra to play it, creating a fever dream that may be the only place in the film where it feels safe for anyone to surrender.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Mile End Kicks (2025) Stephen Saito The director delivers a film that satisfies as a fizzy romantic comedy with familiar pleasures, but comes across as the kind of exciting discovery that makes digging deeper for a thousand-word thinkpiece a worthwhile career choice.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
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