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Stephen Saito

Stephen Saito

Editor in Chief & Blogger at Moveable Fest

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Interview: Jeff Dupre on "This is a Film About the Black Keys" - The Moveable Fest

The director talks about profiling Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, whose rock stardom has come with its share of the blues on and off stage.
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Marco Calvani's "High Tide" - SXSW 2024 Film Review - The Moveable ...

An immigrant finds a day at the beach isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this tender drama from first-time director Marco Calvani.
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SXSW 2024 Review: A Finely Threaded Noir Unfurls in "Sew Torn" - Th...

A seamstress gets tangled up at a crossroads in life in this nifty noir from first-time director Freddy MacDonald starring Eve Connolly.
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Simon Ennis' "The Hobby" - SXSW 2024 Film Review - The Moveable Fest

The director of “Lunarcy” pieces together a fun look into the world of present-day board game culture.
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Interview: Emma D. Miller on "The School of Canine Massage" - The M...

The director talks about peeking into a dog massage training program in Ojai that seems to have healing effects for humans too.
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Interview: Antoine Bourges on "Concrete Valley" - The Moveable Fest

The Canadian filmmaker talks about his distinctive work of summoning his surroundings on screen in unusually cinematic terms.
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Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie's "Sugarcane" - Film Review - ...

The discovery of 93 unmarked graves on the Sugarcane Reserve sets off a deeper investigation of soul searching in this shocking doc.

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Interview: Cinematographer Bruce Francis Cole on "Suncoast" - The M...

The cinematographer of “Farewell Amor” talks about heading south for this Florida-set coming-of-age drama starring Laura Linney & Nico Parker.
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Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block on "Eternal You" - The Moveable Fest

The directors of “The Cleaners” talk about returning to look at the dark side of technology with this doc about AI revivals of the deceased.
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Interview: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen on "A New Kind of Wilderness" - T...

A photographer’s decision to take her family off the grid leads to an unexpected story of self-sustenance in Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s doc.
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Nancy Savoca on the Ongoing Blessing of "Household Saints" - The Mo...

The director discusses the restoration of her 1993 drama about three generations of Italian-American women making their way in the world.
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Interview: Amjad Al Rasheed on "Inshallah a Boy" - The Moveable Fest

The director of the first Jordanian film to premiere at Cannes talks about his breakthrough about a widow hoping to keep a hold on her house.
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Interview" Mickey Rapkin on "The Anne Frank Gift Shop" - The Moveab...

The filmmaker discusses making a directorial debut to remember in this comedy about reviving the history of the Holocaust for new generations.
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Interview: Xavier Gens on Hitting on All Cylinders with "Mayhem!" -...

The director of “Frontier(s)” discusses reinventing his approach towards action with this tale of a French ex-con starting over in Thailand.
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Barry Avrich, Mark Selby and Sash Simpson on "Born Hungry" - The Mo...

A chef who came of age in Toronto and rose to the top of its culinary scene talks about returning to India where he was once a street orphan.
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Ena Sendijarevic on Illuminating Historical Realities in "Sweet ......

The director talks about the Netherlands’ entry to the 2024 Oscars, a crackling satire about the country’s brutal colonial past.
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Asimina Proedrou on Threading a Needle in Behind the Haystacks - Th...

The director behind Greece’s official entry talks about the family drama with international implications, filmed against all odds.
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Gary Gunn on the Soulful Backbeat for "A Thousand and One" - The Mo...

The composer discusses creating the irresistible main theme for A.V. Rockwell’s compelling Harlem-set drama and finding his groove in movies.
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Um Tae Hwa on Building Around Human Nature in Concrete Utopia - The...

The writer/director of this year’s South Korean entry to the Oscars talks about keeping humans at the heart of the special effects spectacle.
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Nancy Gerstman & Emily Russo on Zeitgeist Films Having a Moment - T...

The co-founders of the venerable American arthouse distributor reflect on building a sustainable business and celebrating overlooked artists.
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Matteo Garrone's "Io Capitano" - AFI Fest 2023 Film Review - The Mo...

The “Gomorrah” director sets sail with this soaring drama tracking a pair of teens from Senegal in search of a better life abroad.