Stephen Saito
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Club Kid (2026)
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“Altogether incandescent.” –
Moveable Fest
May 15, 2026
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The Meltdown (2026)
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“The director once again demonstrates a rare ability to conjure a far bigger world in her second film than ever is directly put on screen.” –
Moveable Fest
May 15, 2026
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Atonement (2026)
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“Van Dyk lands somewhere that feels just right.” –
Moveable Fest
May 15, 2026
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A Woman's Life (2026)
94%
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“As Gabrielle contends with deciding whether to live up to society’s standards or her own, "A Woman’s Life" is winning by any measure.” –
Moveable Fest
May 13, 2026
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Ashes (2026)
83%
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“The film has a way of making the gaps between people and places seem smaller than they appear, certainly closing the one between the audience and the screen when it’s so absorbing.” –
Moveable Fest
May 13, 2026
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In Waves (2026)
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“The beautifully bittersweet love story proves buoyant.” –
Moveable Fest
May 13, 2026
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City Wide Fever (2025)
90%
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“The charm become as evident as the sleaze in "City Wide Fever" is, perhaps being a guilty pleasure but a pleasure nonetheless.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 14, 2026
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Faces of Death (2026)
68%
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“Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei’s reconsideration of 1978 cult horror of the same name induces as many chills for what it has to say about contemporary culture as from its unsparing violence.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 6, 2026
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The Last Critic (2026)
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“Director Matty Wishnow continually finds ways to keep things interesting throughout the biography of the writer who has always done so in his own prose.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 5, 2026
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I Got Bombed at Harvey's (2026)
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“A worthwhile potboiler that it takes time to warm up to.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 5, 2026
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Who Moves America (2026)
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“A compelling chronicle of the six months leading up to what inevitably will be a landmark agreement for better or worse.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 3, 2026
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The Man with the Big Hat (2026)
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“When Fromholz’s own history could scatter to the wind, the great tribute is being able to conjure the memory of the singer/songwriter so vividly and passing it along as he did about the parts he lived in.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 2, 2026
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The Pirate King (2026)
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“There’s a fundamental decency undergirding the whole endeavor that wins you over.” –
Moveable Fest
Apr 1, 2026
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First They Came for My College (2026)
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“A compelling chronicle of the dispiriting conservative takeover of Florida's cherished liberal arts school the New College offers some hope.” –
Moveable Fest
Mar 28, 2026
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Campeón Gabacho (2026)
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“An out-of-body experience becomes one that can be felt in the bones.” –
Moveable Fest
Mar 26, 2026
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)
76%
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“Quite a good time.” –
Variety
Mar 24, 2026
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Their Town (2026)
90%
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“Katie Aselton’s finest film to date.” –
Moveable Fest
Mar 23, 2026
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The Sun Never Sets (2026)
93%
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“Rarely has Fanning been able to play a character as loose-limbed as Wendy and with the joy the role appears to have brought her, she does make it seem as if others have been missing out.” –
Moveable Fest
Mar 23, 2026
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Basic (2026)
100%
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“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
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My NDA (2026)
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“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
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Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (2026)
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“"Amazing Live Sea Monkeys" proves buoyant as its main subject is.” –
Moveable Fest
Mar 21, 2026
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My Brother's Killer (2026)
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“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
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Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film (2026)
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“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
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Love Language (2026)
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“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
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Family Movie (2026)
92%
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“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
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