REVIEW: The Prophet [2015]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“And yet you rise above them unbound” After watching the animated cinematic adaptation of Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet and hearing his prose poetry read out loud, I can understand both the critical pause and public adoration it’s earned this past century. It consists of the kind of inspirational tales of flowery optimism that many love […]
Category animation, drama, family, film reviews · Tags Alfred Molina, Bill Plympton, Damien Rice, Gabriel Yared, Gaëtan Brizzi, Glen Hansard, Joan C. Gratz, Joann Sfar, John Krasinski, Kahlil Gibran, Liam Neeson, Lisa Hannigan, Michal Socha, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Nina Paley, Paul Brizzi, Quvenzhané Wallis, Roger Allers, Salma Hayek, The Prophet, Tomm Moore, Yo-Yo Ma
Top 100 Albums of 2014
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Honorable Mention: #100: Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem #99: They Want My Soul by Spoon #98: Motion by Calvin Harris #97: The Joy of Motion by Animals as Leaders #96: Dialects by Snowmine #95: Emmaar by Tinariwen #94: The Fire is Gone by Midnight Faces #93: The Endless River by Pink Floyd #92: Count […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists, z.slideshow · Tags ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Adebisi Shank, Alcest, Alex Clare, Animals as Leaders, Ásgeir, Band of Skulls, Bear's Den, Beck, Blood Red Shoes, Bombay Bicycle Club, Broken Bells, Broods, Calvin Harris, Chromeo, Clean Bandit, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Crosses, Damien Rice, David Guetta, Delta Spirit, Det Stora Monstret, Devan DuBois, Dum Dum Girls, Empires, First Aid Kit, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, Gramatik, HAERTS, Haunted Hearts, Hercules & Love Affair, Highasakite, Hozier, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Jack White, James Vincent McMorrow, Jenny Lewis, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, Kan Wakan, Karmin, Kelis, Kishi Bashi, La Roux, Lake Street Dive, Lana Del Rey, Lee Fields, Leela James, Leisure Cruise, Lia Ices, Lights, Lily Allen, Lindsey Stirling, Little Dragon, LP, Lykke Li, Madi Diaz, Manchester Orchestra, Mark Lanegan Band, Matisyahu, Midnight Faces, Mr Little Jeans, MØ, Nicole Atkins, OK Go, Owen Pallett, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Patterns, Phantogram, Pharrell Williams, Pink Floyd, Ray LaMontagne, Reuben and the Dark, Run the Jewels, Russian Red, Ryan Adams, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Sia, Skrillex, Smashing Pumpkins, Snowmine, Spoon, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, St. Vincent, Stars, Strand of Oaks, Sylvan Esso, Tank, Temples, Tessanne Chin, The Black Keys, The Chain Gang of 1974, The Drums, The Gaslight Anthem, The Griswolds, The Horrors, The New Pornographers, The Preatures, The Raveonettes, The War on Drugs, The Wind and the Wave, Tinariwen, TV on the Radio, Tycho, Uh Huh Her, Warpaint, Wu-Tang Clan, Wye Oak, Young the Giant, Zola Jesus, †††
Top 50 Films of the Decade (2000–2009)
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 24, 2009 · 7 Comments
As always, I have not seen every film made in the decade, so this list is only complete as of posting. There are those diamonds in the rough I’ve yet to witness that could render this entire list obsolete. The ‘Naughts’, I believe an appropriate term being used for the decade spanning from 2000–2009, the […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 2001: A Space Odyssey, 21 Grams, 300, Alejandro Amenábar, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Amélie, American Psycho, Amores Perros, Amy Adams, Ang Lee, Angela Lindvall, Atonement, Audrey Tautou, Avatar, Batman, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Benicio Del Toro, Björk, Bloody Sunday, Bret Easton Ellis, Brick, Brokeback Mountain, Bugsy Malone, Casey Affleck, Cashback, Catinca Untaru, Charlie Kaufman, Children of Men, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, City of God, Clint Mansell, Closer, CQ, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Curtis Hanson, Damien Rice, Dancer in the Dark, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, Das weiße Band, David Bowie, David Lynch, David O. Russell, Dennis Lehane, Dogville, Duncan Jones, Édgar Flores, ELO, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fernando Meirelles, Frank Miller, Garden State, Glen Hansard, Gone Baby Gone, Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo del Toro, Hollywoodland, Huey Lewis, Hugh Jackman, I Heart Huckabees, Imogen Heap, Inception, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Nesbitt, Jason Schwartzman, Javier Bardem, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jeremy Davies, Jim Carrey, Joe Wright, John Hillcoat, Junebug, Kate Winslet, Kevin Smith, L.A. Confidential, Lars von Trier, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Lust Caution, M. Night Shyamalan, Mad Men, Mar adentro, Marc Forster, Mark Wahlberg, Markéta Irglová, Memento, Michael Douglas, Michael Haneke, Michael Shannon, Michel Gondry, Mickey Rourke, Moon, Moulin Rouge!, Mulholland Drive, Munich, My Life Without Me, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Once, Paul Greengrass, Paulina Gaitan, Phil Collins, Pride and Prejudice, Quentin Tarantino, Rachel Getting Married, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Requiem for a Dream, Revolutionary Road, Rian Johnson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rodriguez, Roman Coppola, Ryan Gosling, Sam Mendes, Sam Rockwell, Sarah Polley, Sean Ellis, Shania Twain, Sin City, Sin Nombre, Slumdog Millionaire, Spike Jonze, Stay, Steven Spielberg, Sunshine, Synecdoche New York, Tarsem Singh, The Bourne Supremacy, The Brøken, The Constant Gardener, The Fall, The Fountain, The Guess Who, The Proposition, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Sea Inside, The Village, The White Ribbon, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Wrestler, There Will Be Blood, Toby Maguire, U2, United 93, Up, War of the Worlds, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are, William Hurt, Wo hu cang long, Wonder Boys, Zach Braff, Zack Snyder
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