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Basic (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Mar 22, 2026 Full Review My NDA (2026) EDIT “A multifaceted look at the pervasive practice of non-disclosure agreements reveals a broken social contract that makes speaking out more important than ever.” – Moveable Fest Mar 21, 2026 Full Review Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (2026) EDIT “"Amazing Live Sea Monkeys" proves buoyant as its main subject is.” – Moveable Fest Mar 21, 2026 Full Review My Brother's Killer (2026) EDIT “Mason uses the template of a true crime documentary to shrewd effect, ultimately as interested in what made the case so complicated to solve.” – Moveable Fest Mar 21, 2026 Full Review Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Mar 21, 2026 Full Review Love Language (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Mar 20, 2026 Full Review Family Movie (2026) 91% EDIT “While little is taken seriously by the filmmakers, Dan Beers’ script does just enough dramatic legwork to get at the heart of the family’s issues. ” – Variety Mar 18, 2026 Full Review Manhood (2026) EDIT “The director impressively walks a fine line in raising serious issues while the subject lends itself to a more entertaining bent.” – Moveable Fest Mar 18, 2026 Full Review Baby/Girls (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Mar 18, 2026 Full Review Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story (2026) EDIT “ A pure, unfiltered blast of joy.” – Moveable Fest Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Kill Me (2026) 100% EDIT “Externalizing the steps of deeply internal emotional progress Jimmy and Margot make with one another’s help can occasionally seem like a separate pursuit from satisfying genre expectations when it really does appear there’s a killer on the loose.” – Variety Mar 14, 2026 Full Review Beyond the Duplex Planet (2026) EDIT “Beth Harrington's profile of David Greenberger, an artist whose sideline in social work led to a creative breakthrough, rethinks what art is.” – Moveable Fest Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Grind (2026) 94% EDIT “In a world where productivity is desired above all else, righteous fury is channeled towards something useful in what ultimately is a fierce entertainment.” – Moveable Fest Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Phenomena (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Mar 6, 2026 Full Review On a String (2025) EDIT “Uncertainty may reign supreme in "On a String," but the story itself is in assured hands of someone who knows where they’re going.” – Moveable Fest Mar 1, 2026 Full Review Iván & Hadoum (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 18, 2026 Full Review At the Sea (2026) 35% EDIT “Bringing the truth out isn’t always elegant in "At the Sea," but when presented with this much bravery and personality, it becomes undeniable.” – Moveable Fest Feb 16, 2026 Full Review Mouse (2026) 100% EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 16, 2026 Full Review One in a Million (2026) 100% EDIT “"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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 11, 2026 Full Review The Friend's House Is Here (2026) 100% EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Jane Elliott Against the World (2026) 100% EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Tooth Shop Fiasco (2026) EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) 100% EDIT “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.” – Moveable Fest Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Wicker (2026) 91% EDIT “There are double entendres a plenty with a narrative built around wood, but "Wicker" operates with a level of sophistication that’s rare.” – Moveable Fest Feb 4, 2026 Full Review To Hold a Mountain (2026) 100% EDIT “"To Hold a Mountain" follows its lead when there are rarely any bold gestures, but the end result is mighty.” – Moveable Fest Feb 4, 2026 Full Review
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