Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 9, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Authenticity, optimism, and a dog” As the Blitz raged and British soldiers continued to pour into Europe to try and push the Germans back, those left at home to take cover during air raids and do their part in factories still needed something to keep morale high when it all looked so futile. One such […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Bill Nighy, Gaby Chiappe, Gemma Arterton, Henry Goodman, Jack Huston, Jake Lacy, Jeremy Irons, Lissa Evans, Lone Scherfig, Paul Ritter, Rachael Stirling, Richard E. Grant, Sam Claflin, Their Finest
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Friends and family think me crazy for driving up the QEW so I can sit in darkened theaters for around thirty of a total eighty-hours in Toronto, but I wouldn’t spend my early September days any other way. This is what the Toronto International Film Festival does—it makes you look sanity in the face, say no […]
Category entertainment, essays, film features, film festival, toronto international film festival · Tags Aaron Moorhead, Adam Sandler, Adult Beginners, Ansel Elgort, Bang Bang Baby, Before Sunrise, Chiara D'Anna, Clouds of Sils Maria, Coming Home, Corbo, Dan Gilroy, Ed Wood, Far From Men, Foxcatcher, Intouchables, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jane Fonda, Jane Levy, Jason Bateman, Jason Reitman, Justin Benson, Kaitlyn Dever, Kevin Smith, Kill Me Three Times, Kristen Wiig, Kriv Stenders, Lone Scherfig, Lou Taylor Pucci, Max Irons, Men Women & Children, Method Man, Nadia Hilker, Nick Kroll, Nightcrawler, Olivier Assayas, Peter Strickland, Pride, Sam Claflin, Samba, Shira Piven, Simon Pegg, Spring, St. Vincent, The Cobbler, The Duke of Burgundy, The Equalizer, The Imitation Game, The Judge, The Riot Club, The Wanted 18, This is Where I Leave You, Thomas McCarthy, TIFF, Tina Fey, Toronto International Film Festival, Tusk, Viggo Mortensen, Welcome to Me, Whiplash, Yimou Zhang
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“People like us don’t make mistakes” I’ll bet Laura Wade’s 2010 play Posh is something special to see on stage. A fictionalized take on Oxford University’s exclusive Bullingdon Club—sons of wealthy Brits who attended the best boarding/prep schools before following in their patriarchy’s footsteps to enjoy vandalizing college rooms as an initiation ploy and restaurants […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, suspense/thriller, toronto international film festival · Tags Ben Schnetzer, Douglas Booth, Gosford Park, Holliday Grainger, Jack Farthing, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Wade, Lone Scherfig, Max Irons, Michael Jibson, Natalie Dormer, Posh, Sam Claflin, Sam Reid, The Riot Club, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today” That quote could very well be the answer to the meaning of life. The future is a construct in a constant state of flux—it’s never known and our dreams are often never fully met. But the concept of today is something we can control. What we do at the […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 153 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: An Education directed by Lone Scherfig #24: The Box directed by Richard Kelly #23: Sunshine Cleaning directed by Christine Jeffs #22: The Road directed by John […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags (500) Days of Summer, 35 Rhums, 35 Shots of Rum, A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Avatar, Bob Peterson, Broken Embraces, Cary Fukunaga, Celda 211, Cell 211, Christine Jeffs, Claire Denis, Daniel Monzón, Das, District 9, Duncan Jones, Ethan Coen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Gray, Jason Reitman, Jim Jarmusch, Joel Coen, John Hillcoat, Kathryn Bigelow, Lebanon, Lone Scherfig, Los abrazos rotos, Män som hatar kvinnor, Marc Webb, Moon, Neill Blomkamp, Niels Arden Oplev, Pedro Almodóvar, Pete Docter, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Kelly, Samuel Maoz, Sin Nombre, Spike Jonze, Sunshine Cleaning, The Box, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hurt Locker, The Limits of Control, The Road, The White Ribbon, Tom Ford, Two Lovers, Up in the Air, weiße Band, Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Every year at the Toronto International Film Festival seems to get better and better. Is that due to the increase in films from six to eleven to fifteen? It very well might be. And I’ll just say now, watching fifteen films in less than four days may not be the healthiest thing in the world. […]
Category essays, film features, film festival, toronto international film festival · Tags A Serious Man, Abbie Cornish, Adam Brody, Agora, Alejandro Amenábar, An Education, Antichrist, Away We Go, Ben Whishaw, Bright Star, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cormac McCarthy, Cracks, Cremaster, Daybreakers, Diablo Cody, Elizabethtown, Enter the Void, Equilibrium, Ethan Hawke, Eva Green, Face, Fanny Ardant, Gaspar Noé, George Clooney, Irreversible, Jane Campion, Jason Reitman, Jennifer’s Body, John Hillcoat, John Holmes, Jordan Scott, Juno, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lars and the Real Girl, Lars von Trier, Like You Know It All, Lone Scherfig, Mads Mikkelsen, Mar adentro, Margot at the Wedding, Matt Damon, Matthew Barney, Max Minghella, Megan Fox, Michael Haneke, Ming-liang Tsai, Nick Hornby, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Schneider, Rachel Weisz, Ridley Scott, Robert Duvall, Sam Neill, Scott Z. Burns, Spierig Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Informant!, The Others, The Piano, The Proposition, The Road, The White Ribbon, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Undead, Up in the Air, Valhalla Rising, Viggo Mortensen, Visage, Willem Dafoe, [Rec] 2
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“They’re making themselves a friend” When I think Nick Hornby, films such as High Fidelity and About a Boy come to mind. It’s obvious of course, being that he wrote the novels for which both were based, but I mention it because I really didn’t know what to expect from An Education, scripted by he […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags About a Boy, Alfred Molina, An Education, Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Emma Thompson, High Fidelity, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby, Olivia Williams, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
September 10th is the day that friend/co-worker Chris Schobert and I head back up north for our third year at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). We’ve done the middle three days (2007) and the last three days (2008), so we thought, “What the hell?”, let’s try our luck with the opening four. Rolling out […]
Category film features, film festival, toronto international film festival · Tags Agora, Alejandro Amenábar, An Education, Antichrist, Broken Embraces, Cracks, Das weiße Band, Daybreakers, Enter the Void, Gaspar Noé, Jason Reitman, John Hillcoat, Jordan Scott, Juno, Lars von Trier, Lone Scherfig, Michael Haneke, Ming-liang Tsai, Pedro Almodóvar, The Road, The White Ribbon, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Up in the Air, Visage
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