Online Film Critics Society Ballot 2018
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 27th ballot for the 22nd annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2018 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red. (No option to abstain was supplied this year.) Best Picture #1If Beale StreetCould Talk #2You Were NeverReally Here #3Hereditary #4Eighth Grade […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags A Star Is Born, Adam Driver, Adam Gough, Alfonso Cuarón, Anne Rosellini, Annihilation, Ari Aster, Barry Jenkins, BlacKkKlansman, Bo Burnham, Boots Riley, Bradley Cooper, Burning, Carlos López Estrada, Charlie Wachtel, Christian Bale, Cold War, David Rabinowitz, Deborah Davis, Debra Granik, Eddie Hamilton, Eighth Grade, Elizabeth Debicki, Emma Stone, Ethan Hawke, First Reformed, Free Solo, Gillian Flynn, Hereditary, If Beale Street Could Talk, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, James Laxton, Jeff Whitty, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Walker, John David Washington, Justin Hurwitz, Kevin Willmott, Lady Gaga, Linus Sandgren, Ludwig Göransson, Lukasz Zal, Lynne Ramsay, Mahershala Ali, Michael B. Jordan, Minding the Gap, Mirai, Nicholas Britell, Nicole Holofcener, Olivia Colman, Paul Schrader, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Regina Hall, Regina King, Richard E. Grant, Robbie Ryan, Roma, Shirkers, Shoplifters, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, Steven Yeun, Suspiria, The Favourite, Thom Yorke, Thomasin McKenzie, Three Identical Strangers, Tom Cross, Toni Collette, Tony McNamara, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Yalitza Aparicio, Yorgos Lanthimos, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, You Were Never Really Here, Zama
REVIEW: Leave No Trace [2018]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
“We can still think our own thoughts” It’s easy to depict PTSD-suffering war veterans as unstable, dangerous, and beyond help from inevitable tragedy. This depiction has sadly become the Hollywood norm to conjure volatile dramatics devoid of the empathy those struggling to combat their demons deserve. If anyone could supply the necessary humanity to portray […]
Category drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Anne Rosellini, Ben Foster, Dana Millican, Debra Granik, Jeff Kober, Leave No Trace, Peter Rock, Thomasin McKenzie
The 83rd Oscars recap through tweets …
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2011 · 1 Comment
@jaredmobarak • Oscar time … congrats to The King’s Speech … why bother with the show when everyone thinks they know the winner? The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony was quite possibly its worst incarnation the past decade. And things finally seemed to be going the right way. Hugh Jackman was fun; Steve Martin and […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 127 Hours, A Single Man, A.R. Rahman, Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Akon, Alec Baldwin, Alice in Wonderland, Andrew Ruhemann, Andy Roddick, Angelina Jolie, Angus Wall, Anne Hathaway, Anne Rosellini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Atticus Ross, Avatar, Banksy, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Biutiful, Black Swan, Bruce Vilanch, Cee Lo Green, Charlie Sheen, Chris Farley, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Colleen Atwood, Corey Haim, Country Strong, Danny DeVito, David Seidler, Debra Granik, Dido, Edith Piaf, Eli Wallach, Empire of the Sun, Florence Welch, Frozen River, Funny Or Die, George Clooney, Greedy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hailee Steinfeld, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hugh Jackman, Hæven, In a Better World, Inception, Inside Job, Jack Nicholson, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Jean-Luc Godard, Jimmy Kimmel, John Hawkes, Julia Roberts, Just Go With It, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Kirk Baxter, Kirk Douglas, Lena Horne, Leonardo DiCaprio, License to Drive, Luke Matheny, Mandy Moore, Marissa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, Mel Gibson, Melissa Leo, Michael Douglas, Michael J. Fox, Morgan Freeman, Natalie Portman, Neil Patrick Harris, nine inch nails, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Randy Newman, Rick Baker, Robert Stromberg, Roger Deakins, Roger Ebert, Russell Brand, Shaun Tan, Steve Martin, Stranger No More, Susanne Bier, Tangled, Terminator Salvation, The Fighter, The Gruffalo, The Hurt Locker, The King's Speech, The Lost Thing, The Social Network, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Wolfman, Tim Burton, Timothy Hutton, Toy Story 3, Trent Reznor, Wally Pfister, Winter’s Bone, Zachary Levi
Picking Winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Spree contributing writer William Altreuter, graphic designer Jared Mobarak, and I are going to share our thoughts on this week’s Oscar nominations. Let’s kick things off with a category whose victor—Colin “Mr. Darcy” Firth—seems to have already been agreed upon. — Christopher Schobert Best Actor: Javier Bardem: Biutiful Jeff Bridges: True Grit Jesse Eisenberg: The […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 127 Hours, A Room With a View, A Single Man, Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Sorkin, Al Pacino, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alice in Wonderland, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Amanda Peet, American Beauty, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Animal Kingdom, Anna Paquin, Anne Rosellini, Annette Benning, Annie Hall, Another Year, Armie Hammer, Ashton Kutcher, Atonement, Avatar, Barbara Hershey, Beautiful Girls, Before Night Falls, Being Julia, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Birgit Minichmayr, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Brian Oliver, Brokeback Mountain, Carey Mulligan, Carlos, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Keener, Catwoman, Ceán Chaffin, Celine Rattray, Chariots of Fire, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chicago, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christian Bale, Christian Colson, Christopher Nolan, City of Your Final Destination, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Conviction, Crazy Heart, Dana Brunetti, Danny Boyle, Darla K. Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Hoberman, David O. Russell, Dead Ringers, Dianne Weist, Dieter Laser, District 9, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Ed Harris, Édgar Ramírez, Edgar Wright, Emile Sherman, Emma Thomas, Ethan Coen, Everyone Else, Fargo, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Forrest Gump, Frozen River, Gandhi, Gareth Unwin, Gary Gilbert, Geoffrey Rush, George Lucas, Get Low, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Hailee Steinfeld, Halle Berry, Harvey Weinstein, Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, How to Train Your Dragon, Howard's End, I Am Love, I Love You Phillip Morris, I'm Still Here, Iain Canning, Inception, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Smits, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen, John Hawkes, John Smithson, John Wayne, Julia, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Justin Timberlake, Kick-Ass, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lesley Manville, Let Me In, Lois Smith, Lost in Translation, Macaulay Culkin, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, Michael Cera, Michael De Luca, Michael Shannon, Michelle Williams, Mickey Rourke, Mike Medavoy, Mike Nichols, Mila Kunis, Milos Forman, Minnie Driver, Missing, Mother and Child, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Never Let Me Go, Nicole Kidman, No Country for Old Men, No Strings Attached, Noomi Rapace, Olivia Williams, Ordinary People, Philadelphia, Pierce Brosnan, Please Give, Preston Sturges, Rabbit Hole, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ray, Rebecca Hall, Reversal of Fortune, Robert Duvall, Rushmore, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Saving Private Ryan, Scent of a Woman, Scott Franklin, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott Rudin, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shutter Island, Star Wars: A New Hope, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Stieg Larrson, Sullivan’s Travels, Tatum O'Neal, The American President, The Crying Game, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The English Patient, The Fighter, The Ghost Writer, The Goodbye Girl, The Green Mile, The Grifters, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Kids Are All Right, The Killer Inside Me, The King's Speech, The Lord of the Rings, The Piano, The Return of the King, The Runaways, The Sixth Sense, The Social Network, The Town, The Turning Point, The Verdict, The Way Back, Thor, Tilda Swinton, Tim Burton, Timothy Hutton, Todd Lieberman, Tom Hanks, Tom Hooper, Tootsie, Toy Story 3, Traffic, True Grit, Unforgiven, Up, Wendy and Lucy, Wings of the Dove, Winter’s Bone, X-Men: First Class
INTERVIEW: Debra Granik, writer/director of Winter’s Bone
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 1, 2010 · 1 Comment
While attending the 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival in Rochester, I was struck by the selection of festival winners screening for its Upstate New York audience. With so many award-winners, I went in blindly to whatever fit into my schedule, experiencing work I wouldn’t have a chance to see in theatres for months, if […]
Category film features, interviews · Tags 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival, Ang Lee, Anne Rosellini, Bugsy Malone, Daniel Woodrell, Debra Granik, Down to the Bone, Hugh Dillon, Jennifer Lawrence, Jodie Foster, John Hawkes, RED camera, Ride with the Devil, Snake Feed, Sundance Film Festival, Tatum O'Neal, The Headstones, Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga, Winter’s Bone
360|365 GEH Film Festival Recap … Where eggs come to perform
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Only Sid Rosenzweig, 360|365 Programming Committee member, could introduce himself before more than one screening as an “all-around good guy” and not have it get old. Complete with a smile spanning ear to ear, Sid’s jovial demeanor never let you see the statement as anything other than a good-natured ice-breaker, leading him into the description […]
Category 360|365 george eastman house film festival, essays, film features, film festival · Tags 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival, Anne Rosellini, Anthony Hopkins, Backstory, Celda 211, Cell 211, Cinema Museum, Crystal Pix, Emeric Pressburger, Frank E. Warner, Goodfellas, Henny Youngman, Huckleberry Finn, I Am Love, Io sono l'amore, Ismail Merchant, Jack Garner, James Ivory, Jim Healy, John Richardson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Lewis, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Monogamy, Raging Bull, RED camera, Robert De Niro, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Sid Rosenzweig, The Aviator, The City of Your Final Destination, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Secret of Kells, Thelma Schoonmaker, Winter’s Bone
360|365FF10 REVIEW: Winter’s Bone [2010]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 8, 2010 · 2 Comments
“Never ask for what ought to be offered” If you are going to adapt a novel by author Daniel Woodrell—the self-coined writer of “country noir”—you better make sure you get the look and feel of the Missouri Ozarks correct, no matter how dark, dirty, or devastating its hellish journey. I haven’t seen Ang Lee’s attempt […]
Category 360|365 george eastman house film festival, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival, Anne Rosellini, Dale Dickey, Daniel Woodrell, Debra Granik, Garret Dillahunt, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Sheryl Lee, Winter’s Bone
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