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 March 31, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“You’re still the love of my life. Should I tell you that?” The evolution of Terrence Malick is a fascinating one. From regular narrative structure to voiceover-driven epics to visual poems, his style has been stripped down to beautiful imagery and pithily obtuse dialogue sending us on journeys as much about ourselves as they are […]
Category drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Antonio Banderas, Brian Dennehy, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Emmanuel Lubezki, Freida Pinto, Imogen Poots, Isabel Lucas, Knight of Cups, Natalie Portman, Teresa Palmer, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Thomas Lennon, To the Wonder, Wes Bentley
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother” It only takes one look at a tree canopy from below in gorgeous black and white photography to know writer/director A.J. Edwards is a student of Terrence Malick. He’s actually been the auteur’s editor since To the Wonder after holding positions […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews · Tags A.J. Edwards, Abraham Lincoln, Braydon Denney, Brit Marling, Cameron Williams, Dennis Hanks, Diane Kruger, Jason Clarke, Terrence Malick, The Better Angels, The New World, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Wes Bentley
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“Easy thing to bring someone into this wild world” Writer/director Damien Kazan is really honing his visual style these last couple of years with a string of gorgeous looking short films able to mesmerize with the sound off. Not that you should turn it off, his narration arrives with the type of resonating philosophizing we […]
Category drama, film reviews, shorts · Tags Damien Kazan, Heritage, Jacob Cadmus, Keanu Reeves, Mathieu Laparade, Parenthood, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Trevor Riley, Whisper
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“I have things I want to do” I wonder if James Franco showed his NYU class Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life because it appears the twelve students he handpicked to write and direct what became the C.K. Williams biography The Color of Time saw it and sought to remake it. Instead of musings on […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Alexis Gambis, Brooke Goldfinch, Bruce Thierry Cheung, C.K. Williams, Edna Luise Biesold, Gabrielle Demeestere, Henry Hopper, James Franco, Jessica Chastain, Mila Kunis, Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, Oz the Great and Powerful, Pamela Romanowsky, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Shripriya Mahesh, Terrence Malick, The Color of Time, The Tree of Life, Tine Thomasen, Virginia Urreiztieta, Zach Braff, Zachary Unger
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Tell me something. You like funny faces?” Welcome back David Gordon Green. While it’s easy for me to say such a statement because I know his pedigree on paper, truth be told I’ve only ever seen one film of his before he dove into Hollywood comedies. It was his last before that period of his […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, toronto international film festival · Tags Adriene Mishler, Aj Wilson McPhaul, Anna Niemtschk, David Gordon Green, Gary Hawkins, Gary Poulter, Jeff Nichols, Joe, Larry Brown, Matthew McConaughey, Mud, Nicolas Cage, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pineapple Express, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Snow Angels, Sue Rock, Terrence Malick, The Sitter, The Tree of Life, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Tye Sheridan, Your Highness
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill […]
Category film features, posterized propaganda · Tags 42, Bad Boys II, Bemis Balkind, Ben Affleck, BLT Communications LLC, Brian Helgeland, Chadwick Boseman, Charlie Sheen, Compliance, Concept Arts, Crew Creative Advertising, Danny Boyle, Disconnect, Dwayne Johnson, Evil Dead, Gravillis Inc., I Am Legend, Ignition Print, James McAvoy, Jason Bateman, Karina Longworth, Katrina Bowden, Mark W. Carroll, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Bay, Mud, No Place on Earth, Oblivion, Olga Kurylenko, Pain & Gain, Primer, REV CREATIVE, Scary Movie V, Shane Carruth, Simon Killer, Snoop Lion, Terrence Malick, The Bank Job, The Prestige, The Refinery, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Trance, Upstream Color, Vincent Cassel, Will Smith
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“In a dream you can’t make mistakes” For any who thought Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life was a divisive piece of cinema, you haven’t seen anything yet. Continuing to strip the very medium of film down to its barest essentials, form once again trumps narrative in his beautiful account of love through memory, To […]
Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, romance, toronto international film festival · Tags Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Tatiana Chiline, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, TIFF, To the Wonder, Toronto International Film Festival
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill […]
Category film features, posterized propaganda · Tags 11:24 Design Advertising, 2 Days in New York, 2 Days in Paris, 20th Century Fox Domestic Theatrical Creative Advertising, 360, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Adventure Time, Andy Samberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Being There, Bemis Balkind, Blood & Chocolate, BLT Communications LLC, Bruce Willis, Cardinal Communications USA, Celeste & Jesse Forever, Chicken with Plums, Clarke Peters, Cold Open, Colin Farrell, Compliance, Cosmopolis, Crew Creative Advertising, Danny Aiello, Dave Perillo, David Cronenberg, Diane Keaton, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Do the Right Thing, Dreama Walker, Drew McWeeny, Drew Millward, Eastern Promises, For a Good Time Call …, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Glen Brogan, Graham Erwin, Gravillis Inc., Hope Springs, Iconisus L&Y - Visual Communication Systems, Ignition Print, It's Complicated, Jack Nicholson, Jay Chandrasekhar, Jeff Kinney, Jeremy Renner, John Cena, John Hawkes, Julie Delpy, Kustom Creative, Like Crazy, Little Friends of Printmaking, Machete, Marjane Satrapi, Mark W. Carroll, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Meryl Streep, Mondo Tees, monsieur x studio, Moovie, Olivia Munn, ParaNorman, Paul Greengrass, Paul Schneider, People Like Us, Persepolis, Psychosis, Rashida Jones, Red Hook Summer, Revolutionary Road, Robert Capron, Robert Ludlum, Robert Pattinson, Silenzio Communication, Something's Gotta Give, Source Code, Sparkle, Spike Lee, Stockholm Design, Sunshine, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Apparition, The Babymakers, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Campaign, The Day, The Expendables 2, The Possession, The Refinery, The Tree of Life, Tommy Lee Jones, Total Recall, Twilight, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
@jaredmobarak • Shut up Ryan Seacrest … Like the studio isn’t going to reimburse you. Cry about it #Oscars12 And with a little Bisquick, the 84th Annual Academy Awards show began before the camera even entered the Kodak “Chapter 11” Theatre. The is he or isn’t he banned from the show star of The Dictator, […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 50/50, A Separation, A Single Man, Academy Awards, Albert Nobbs, Alec Guinness, Alexander Payne, Angelina Jolie, Angus Wall, Anne Hathaway, Beerfest, Beginners, Ben Stiller, Bérénice Bejo, Billy Crystal, Billy Wilder, Brad Pitt, Bret McKenzie, Brett Ratner, Bridesmaids, Bullhead, Cars 2, Chris Rock, Christopher Guest, Christopher Plummer, Cirque Du Soleil, Colin Firth, Dante Ferretti, Dick Smith, Eddie Murphy, Emma Stone, Emmanuel Lubezki, Eugene Gearty, Eugene Levy, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Fisher Stevens, Flight of the Conchords, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Fred Willard, Friday Night Lights, George Lucas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, J. Roy Helland, James Earl Jones, James Franco, Jane Eyre, Jason Segel, Jean Dujardin, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Chastain, Jim Rash, John Goodman, John Midgley, Kim Novak, Kirk Baxter, La Luna, Lawrence of Arabia, Ludovic Bource, Lynn Johnston, Madonna, Mark Bridges, Mark Coulier, Mark O'Connor, Martial Corneville, Martin Scorsese, Matthew W. Mungle, Melancholia, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michaël R. Roskam, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Milla Jovovich, Nat Faxon, Nick Nolte, Octavia Spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Penélope Cruz, Peter Lorre, Pharrell, Philip Stockton, Rango, Ricky Gervais, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Richardson, Rose Byrne, Ryan Seacrest, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sammy Davis Jr., Saving Face, Shame, Sheila E., Short Circuit 2, Showgirls, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Steve Pond, Terrence Malick, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Cove, The Descendants, The Dictator, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Muppets, The Shore, The Tree of Life, The Wrap, Thelma Schoonmaker, Thomas Langmann, Tom Fleischman, Tom Hanks, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Undefeated, Viola Davis, Volver, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
If anyone tells you 2011 was a bad year for cinema, stop in your tracks, turn around and walk away without ever looking back. They have no idea what they’re talking about. With a wealth of quality films from bonafide auteurs devoid of source material, the sheer amount of original work is astonishing. The trend […]
Category essays, top 10 films · Tags 50/50, A Dangerous Method, A Monster in Paris, A Separation, Albert Brooks, Albert Nobbs, Anders Danielsen Lie, Arthur Christmas, Beginners, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Bérénice Bejo, Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da, Brad Pitt, Bullhead, Carnage, Christopher Plummer, Der Sandmann, Drive, Elizabeth Olsen, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Ezra Miller, Footnote, Glenn Close, Hanna, Hearat Shulayim, Hell and Back Again, Innocence, Into the Abyss, J. Edgar, Jasper Newell, Jean Dujardin, Jeff Nichols, Jessica Chastain, Joachim Trier, Jodaeiye Nader az Simin, Joe Wright, John Hawkes, John le Carré, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, La piel que habito, Lars von Trier, Le gamin au vélo, Lipstikka, Margaret, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Matthias Schoenaerts, Meek's Cutoff, Melancholia, Michael Fassbender, Michael Shannon, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Mike Mills, Miss Bala, My Week with Marilyn, Nevinnost, Nickel City Smiler, Octavia Spencer, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Oslo 31. august, Oslo August 31st, Pariah, Patang, Pina, Project Nim, Puss in Boots, Rango, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Romeo Eleven, Roméo Onze, Rooney Mara, Rundskop, Sareh Bayat, Senna, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Steve McQueen, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, The Chemical Brothers, The Descendants, The Future, The Help, The Interrupters, The Iron Lady, The Kid with a Bike, The Kite, The Sandman, The Skin I Live In, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, Viola Davis, W.E., We Need to Talk About Kevin, Will Reiser, Woody Allen
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