Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 31, 2019 · Leave a Comment
If you asked me in 2010 which studios’ films would be amongst my favorites over the next ten years, I probably would have answered two correctly: Fox Searchlight (11) and Sony Pictures Classics (7). Those are two independent shingles of big Hollywood names that have been pumping out quality pictures for decades. Next up would […]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 50/50, A Quiet Passion, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, American Animals, Aniara, Arrival, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Bullhead, Call Me By Your Name, Calvary, Carlos, Carol, Cloud Atlas, Coherence, Custody, Dunkirk, Enemy, Ex Machina, First Man, For Sama, Frances Ha, Fruitvale Station, Fury, Get Out, Hell or High Water, Hellion, Her, High-Rise, Holy Motors, Honey Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, I Am Love, I Am Not Your Negro, If Beale Street Could Talk, Inception, Inch'Allah, Inside Out, Intouchables, It Comes at Night, Jackie, James White, Lady Macbeth, Leave No Trace, Looper, Luce, Mad Max: Fury Road, Madeline's Madeline, Manchester by the Sea, Marriage Story, Melancholia, Midnight in Paris, Minding the Gap, Moonlight, Mudbound, Never Let Me Go, Oslo August 31st, ParaNorman, Parasite, Pariah, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Rabbit Hole, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Selma, Shame, Short Term 12, Son of Saul, Sound of My Voice, Spotlight, Spring, Spring Breakers, Steve Jobs, The Act of Killing, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Farewell, The Fighter, The Hunt, The Master, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Social Network, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, The Tree of Life, The Witch, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thelma, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Toni Erdmann, Transit, Under the Skin, Upstream Color, Waves, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Whiplash, Wild Tales, Wildlife, Wonderstruck, You Were Never Really Here
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Boring, Boring & Glum” When the title of the film is Inner Workings and its conceit is to personify a human character’s internal physiology, comparisons to Inside Out are unavoidable. Not even the delineation that Leonardo Matsuda‘s short deals with organs rather than emotions can help if you have your mind set on an ill-advised […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment
I have no problem saying 2015 was a great year for cinema. Putting together a Top Ten was difficult at every turn—both because each time I had to do so meant I had seen more films and as a result of my preferences constantly changing. There are more than a few from 11-20 that easily […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 45 Years, A War, Aaron Moorhead, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Andrew Haigh, Anomalisa, Bel Powley, Best of Enemies, Black, Bridge of Spies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cartel Land, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Boyle, Eddie Redmayne, Ex Machina, Far From Men, Gail Bean, George Miller, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Goodnight Mommy, Home, How to Change the World, Ich seh Ich seh, Inside Out, Jacob Tremblay, James White, Jason Mitchell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Allen, John Crowley, Josh Mond, Justin Benson, Kate Winslet, Krigen, László Nemes, Lenny Abrahamson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Listen to Me Marlon, Loin des hommes, Mad Max: Fury Road, Marielle Heller, Mark Rylance, Meet the Patels, Men & Chicken, Meru, Michael Fassbender, Mustang, Mænd & høns, Paul Dano, Pawn Sacrifice, Pete Docter, Phantom Boy, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Gere, Ronnie Del Carmen, Room, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Saoirse Ronan, Saul Fia, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Spring, Steve Jobs, Straight Outta Compton, Sylvester Stallone, The Danish Girl, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Look of Silence, The Revenant, Theeb, Time Out of Mind, Tobey Maguire, Todd Haynes, Tom McCarthy, Unexpected, Victoria, What Happened Miss Simone?, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert, William Altreuter, and myself. Jared Mobarak: Here’s hoping Chris Rock does his best Ricky Gervais as far as not caring about political correctness or duty to kissing up to the celebrities all dressed-up nice because having him host the 2016 […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 45 Years, Aaron Sorkin, Abraham Attah, Adam McKay, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Berloff, Anthony Mackie, Bel Powley, Bridge of Spies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Bryan Cranston, Carol, Cate Blanchett, Charles Randolph, Charlotte Rampling, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, Christopher Schobert, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Boyle, Drew Goddard, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Donoghue, Ethan Coen, Ex Machina, Gail Bean, George Miller, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba, Inside Out, Jacob Tremblay, Jason Mitchell, Jason Segel, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Joan Allen, Joel Coen, Jonathan Herman, Josh Cooley, Josh Singer, Joy, Kate Winslet, Lenny Abrahamson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love & Mercy, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Matt Damon, Meg LeFauve, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Hornby, Paul Dano, Pete Docter, Phyllis Nagy, Rachel McAdams, Richard Gere, Ridley Scott, Room, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Saoirse Ronan, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Straight Outta Compton, Sylvester Stallone, Teyonah Parris, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, The Revenant, Tobey Maguire, Todd Haynes, Tom Hardy, Tom McCarthy, Trumbo, Will Smith, William Altreuter
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 14, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Below is my December 12th ballot for the 19th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2015 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red. Best Picture #1Inside Out. #2Carol. #3Spotlight. #4Ex Machina. #5Mad MaxFury Road #6Brooklyn #7The Revenant #8Room #9The Martian #10Sicario Best Animated Film […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 45 Years, Amy, Anomalisa, Benicio Del Toro, Best of Enemies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cartel Land, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Rampling, Clouds of Sils Maria, Creed, Cynthia Nixon, Denis Villeneuve, Ex Machina, George Miller, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Goodnight Mommy, Ian McKellen, Inside Out, James White, Kate Winslet, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Matt Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Mistress America, Mustang, OFCS, Online Film Critics Society, Oscar Isaac, Phoenix, Ridley Scott, Room, Rooney Mara, Saoirse Ronan, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Sicario, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Steve Jobs, Sylvester Stallone, The Assassin, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Look of Silence, The Martian, The Peanuts Movie, The Revenant, Thomas McCarthy, Todd Haynes, Vikander
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 23, 2015 · 1 Comment
“Look who got relevated” You constantly hear about movies needing reshoots, but The Good Dinosaur‘s troubles went beyond cosmetic enhancements into full-blown emergency room triage. I’m talking two years of development before a release date announcement, two more before that date and original director Bob Peterson (who came up with the story alongside his directorial […]
Category action/adventure, animation, comedy, family, film reviews · Tags A.J. Buckley, Adventure Time, Anna Paquin, Bob Peterson, Dumbo, Finding Nemo, Frances McDormand, Inside Out, Jack Bright, Jeffrey Wright, Maleah Nipay-Padilla, Marcus Scribner, Meg LeFauve, Peter Sohn, Raymond Ochoa, Sam Elliott, Steve Zahn, The Good Dinosaur, The Lion King, Toy Story, WALL•E
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“My reign will start in darkness” French directors Alain Gagnol (who also wrote) and Jean-Loup Felicioli have another winner on their hands with Phantom Boy. The much-anticipated follow-up to their Oscar-nominated animation A Cat in Paris was five years in the making and well worth the wait. With its vibrant colors muted for a NYC […]
Category animation, family, fantasy, film features, film festival, film reviews, foreign, toronto international film festival, z.slideshow · Tags A Cat in Paris, Alain Gagnol, Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, French, Gaspard Gagnol, Inside Out, Jean-Loup Felicioli, Jean-Pierre Mariele, Noa Bernaoui-Savreux, Phantom Boy, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 15, 2015 · 1 Comment
“I call it the Happy Core Memory Development Program” The simplest ideas really are the greatest and Pixar’s made a legacy built on just such an ideal. They brought toys to life as living companions caring for our children. They humanized the monsters in our closets, conjured a spark of love in the circuitry of […]
Category animation, comedy, family, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Alice in Wonderland, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Diane Lane, Inside Out, John Lasseter, Josh Cooley, Kaitlyn Dias, Kyle Maclachlan, Lewis Black, Meg LeFauve, Mindy Kaling, Monsters Inc., Pete Docter, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Toy Story, Up, WALL•E
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