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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
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
Couture (2025) Stephen Saito When few can afford to show what they’re actually feeling in “Couture,” it is to Winocour’s great credit in her exquisite fifth feature that it comes across with a casual cool that belies its painstaking construction.
Posted Sep 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Bad Apples (2025) Stephen Saito For those that like ‘em tart, “Bad Apples” is quite juicy.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Wasteman (2025) Stephen Saito When everyone in “Wasteman” is looking for a fresh start, the talent behind it is boldly announcing themselves as a next wave and the film is bound to have a ripple effect by thinking outside the box in every respect.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At The Place of Ghosts) (2025) Stephen Saito The film has beautiful cinematography that makes the most of its outdoor setting, but the real fresh air comes from an adventurous approach to depicting memory, both getting in the brothers’ way as well as occasionally smoothing their path forward.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Kokuho (2025) Stephen Saito For all of the film’s resplendent recreations of kabuki classics, Sang-il finds just as rich a text in the tale he’s telling.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Saipan (2025) Stephen Saito Befitting of chronicling an entirely new era in sports where everyone had to come to play in a different way, “Saipan” feels fresh, vital and a whole lot of fun.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Powwow People (2025) Stephen Saito An extraordinary illustration of how the beat goes on for this grand tradition.
Posted Sep 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Meadowlarks (2025) Stephen Saito In “Meadowlarks,” it isn’t reaching the top of the mountain that’s seen as a success, but simply having the courage to take the first steps that could lead there and with her first dramatic feature, Hubbard leaves quite a footprint.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Amoeba (2025) Stephen Saito Digressions are a feature, not a bug here and going off-track ends up showing that ultimately “Amoeba” is on the right one.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Cover-Up (2025) Stephen Saito Poitras and Obenhaus deliver a film where it’s impossible not to want to lean in and listen, riveting as much as it is revelatory.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Maddie's Secret (2025) Stephen Saito Nothing stays hidden for too long in “Maddie’s Secret,” including the fact that Early seems simply born to be a star.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Christophers (2025) Stephen Saito While the battle of wits between Julian and Lori will have one reaching for the popcorn, it’s the personal struggle for both to appreciate what they’re capable of that makes “The Christophers” a knockout.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
I Swear (2025) Stephen Saito Deftly deploys more sophisticated language to see certain conditions differently than the past.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
YOU HAD TO BE THERE: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2025) Stephen Saito Although it wisely refrains from trying too hard to explain how such an extraordinary collection of talent ended up in one place at one time, the film does offer a breezy overview of the conditions in Toronto that bred a unique brand of humor.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Forastera (2025) Stephen Saito As far as unforgettable formative summers on screen go, “Forastera” is particularly memorable in chronicling someone at risk of growing up too fast by having too much of a sense of responsibility rather than learning from not having enough of it.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Poetic License (2025) Stephen Saito Apatow and screenwriter Raffi Donatich gracefully marry complex characters with even more intricate comic set-ups.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Eyes of Ghana (2025) Stephen Saito The process of filmmaking from start to finish has rarely looked so important as it does here, and while it suggests the work is never done, it sensationally reflects a medium with an unusual capacity to bring people together.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Carolina Caroline (2025) Stephen Saito With what can at times be a ravishing romance, a clever con comedy or a taut heist movie from scene to scene, it constantly diverts your attention, you only realize after how it’s run away with your heart.
Posted Sep 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Erupcja (2025) Stephen Saito The most important commitment that ends up being made in the film is to a particular playful tone that “Erupcja” gets just right, capturing a moment that may be slight but certainly significant.
Posted Sep 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Landmarks (2025) Stephen Saito The fragility of an entire culture’s existence comes into focus as does an unimpeachable portrait of resilience.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Remake (2025) Stephen Saito [McElwee] again uses his own experience in a profound new way to show how to keep things alive you have to continually challenge them.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Driver's Ed (2025) Stephen Saito A knowingly formulaic road movie that benefits from the feeling that it’s coming from a real place, less outrageous than the Farrellys’ most famous films but a little more frisky and endearingly earnest than your typical teen comedy.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Charlie Harper (2025) Stephen Saito The characters may fool around in all kinds of ways in “Charlie Harper,” but the film itself feels as true as they come.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025) Stephen Saito It raises considerations about the profession [of acting] and its demands that aren’t typically addressed and while there aren’t many salacious stories, it remains juicy throughout.
Posted Sep 01, 2025  Edit critic review
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