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Review of The We and the I (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

For better or worse, The We and the I also affords all of its characters a chance to shine, enriching the stories of Michael and Teresa, who…

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Review of Fill the Void (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

For better or worse, Burshtein elides a specific critique of the religious ideology that has forced Shira into marriage in the first place…

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Review of Struck by Lightning (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Carson complains there's nothing to do in Clover between Jamba Juices and cow tipping, but those watching it shouldn't feel the same way…

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Review of My Sucky Teen Romance (2011)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

While clearly part of a learning curve, is contrary to its title and refreshingly to the teen romance genre…

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Review of Spring Breakers (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

As transgressive as is, it never quite makes the leap to becoming transcendent of the pop culture it seeks to detonate…

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Review of Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

The film feels as if it's captured something very real even if it's done so in fairly superficial way…

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Review of On The Road (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Salles' On the Road brings this major work back to its original scale: small, intimate and still wild at heart…

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Review of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai offers a reason to rejoice, allowing Miike to stretch his abilities in a film that's deliberately paced, but…

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Review of The Grey (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

There's no doubt The Grey is the first film since Narc where Carnahan's words and prowess for action have come together so harmoniously, making…

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Review of Sparrows Dance (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

The real beauty of Sparrows Dance is seeing all the artifice of its movie trappings fall away, a construction that Buschel asks the audience…

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Review of The Muslims Are Coming! (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

The Muslims Are Coming achieves what it sets out to accomplish, offering an entrance point for a culture too few know much about in a consistently…

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Review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

For a film that should feel as if it came off a conveyer belt, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning may struggle with its origins as much as…

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Review of Pit Stop (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Though it is notably spare, the film embraces its limited budget to tell a sad truth, set largely indoors where the bare walls of big rooms…

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Review of Kumaré (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Kumare never has the excruciatingly awkward big laughs of a project like Borat, but nor does it ever feel as cruel…

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Review of Blumenthal (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Despite the uptight nature of the Blumenthals, Blumenthal feels far more relaxed, allowing their raw nerves to ease our own…

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Review of Girl Model (2011)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Intended or not, it felt like an incredible metaphor for a world built on images that don't represent the reality behind them…

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Review of Collaborator (2011)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Although the film has more than its share of fun with the culture clash between Robert and Gus, it also gives dignity to both of them, weaponizing…

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Review of Sightseers (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Wheatley's control has never seemed greater, the music cues, the deft editing by Wheatley, Amy Jump and Robin Hill and the performances all…

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Review of Afternoon Delight (2013)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

Imperfection is to be embraced in order to carry on and leaving no doubt the women in front of and behind the camera will do so stronger than ever…

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Review of Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 17 Dec 2018

While it's wonderful that the film is able to shine a light on an exciting group of innovators as they come into their own, Swirsky and Pajot…

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