Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 13, 2016 · 5 Comments
“She always said I didn’t pay attention” Sometimes we can’t realize we’ve taken the easy road until it’s too late. It’s crass to say, but Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal) was lucky to have been abruptly slapped awake when he was. The unfortunate side effect of his rebirth from the doldrums of routine and convenience: the […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Cold mush dreams” The cinematic adaptation of Cheryl Strayed‘s memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail seems to be getting pigeonholed hard as being solely a tale of female empowerment. It most definitely is, but I’m not sure critics should necessarily call it a day with such a generic categorization. There’s […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, z.slideshow · Tags Charles Baker, Cheryl Strayed, Dallas Buyers Club, Emilio Estevez, Gaby Hoffmann, Into the Wild, Jean-Marc Vallée, Keene McRae, Kevin Rankin, Laura Dern, Nick Hornby, Reese Witherspoon, Sean Penn, The Way, Thomas Sadoski, W. Earl Brown, Wild, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment
We may have two consistent film festivals here in town showcasing small releases and restored classics, but you might not realize how close we are to one of the biggest in the world. Most “in the know” will center on five events when thinking about the best of the best film festivals and while Venice, […]
Category entertainment, essays, film features, film festival, toronto international film festival · Tags A Little Chaos, A Second Chance, Alan Rickman, Andrew Niccol, Angelina Jolie, Antoine Fuqua, Barry Levinson, Before We Go, Bennett Miller, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Chris Evans, Clouds of Sils Maria, Coming Home, Dallas Buyers Club, Dan Gilroy, David Cronenberg, David Dobkin, David Gordon Green, Denzel Washington, Diablo Cody, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, Ellen Page, Foxcatcher, Good Kill, Hal Hartley, Isao Takahata, James Franco, Jason Reitman, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Marc Vallée, Johnnie To, Jon Stewart, Juno, Kevin Smith, Manglehorn, Maps to the Stars, Men Women & Children, Michaël R. Roskam, Michael Winterbottom, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Leigh, Mommy, Mr. Turner, Ned Rifle, Nightcrawler, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Olivier Assayas, Paul Bettany, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Rosewater, Shelter, Steve Carell, Susanne Bier, The Cobbler, The Drop, The Equalizer, The Humbling, The Judge, The Search, The Sound and the Fury, Thomas McCarthy, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Training Day, Tusk, Wild, Winter Sleep, Xavier Dolan, Yimou Zhang
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 220+ releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Mud directed by Jeff Nichols #24: Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro #23: The Conjuring directed by James Wan #22: Satellite of Love directed by […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 12 Years a Slave, Abdellatif Kechiche, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, American Hustle, Asghar Farhadi, Baz Luhrmann, Before Midnight, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Destin Daniel Cretton, Frances Ha, Fruitvale Station, Guillermo del Toro, Harmony Korine, Her, Jagten, James Ponsoldt, James Wan, Jason Reitman, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jeff Nichols, Jehane Noujaim, La vie d'Adèle, Labor Day, Le passé, Lucy Mulloy, Martin Scorsese, Mud, Noah Baumbach, One Night, Pacific Rim, Richard Linklater, Ryan Coogler, Satellite of Love, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Conjuring, The Great Gatsby, The Hunt, The Past, The Spectacular Now, The Square, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thomas Vinterberg, Una noche, Upstream Color, Will James Moore, Woody Allen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I prefer to die with my boots on” How do you stretch having thirty days left to live into seven years? You put in the work. Ron Woodroff (Matthew McConaughey) didn’t journey towards opening up the Dallas Buyers Club in order to stage a revolution against the FDA—he simply sought to prolong his own life. […]
Category biography, drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags Craig Borten, Dallas Buyers Club, Dallas Roberts, Denis O’Hare, Griffin Dunne, How to Survive a Plague, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Rankin, Matthew McConaughey, Melisa Wallack, Michael O’Neill, Mud, The Lincoln Lawyer, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“You are confusing stubbornness for strength” When I had heard that the closing night film for the 2009 Toronto Film Festival was to be The Young Victoria, I admittedly scratched my head. Why would they choose some run-of-the-mill historical period drama when they could tap a new, exciting experiment instead, closing it in style? Well, […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Citizen Kane, Emily Blunt, Harry Potter, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jim Broadbent, Julian Fellowes, Mark Strong, Miranda Richardson, Orson Welles, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend, Speed Racer, The Young Victoria, Thomas Kretschmann
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