TIFF Review: Widow Clicquot Proves a Captivating, Exquisitely Told Biopic
The first thing we learn at the start of Thomas Napper's Widow Clicquot is that Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Haley Bennett) loved her husband François (Tom...
Jared Mobarak
TIFF Review: Thank You for Coming is a Jarring Indian Sex Comedy
When it seems that every Indian or Pakistani romance coming down the pike centers on the traditional patriarchal values of arranged marriages and dowry (even w...
TIFF Review: Seagrass is a Compelling Relationship Drama
Everything you need to know about Judith (Ally Maki) and Steve’s (Luke Roberts) marriage arrives during their first “share” at the summer retreat where they’ve...
TIFF Review: Frybread Face and Me is an Endearing if Formulaic ’80s-Esque Coming-of-Age Tale
Excited for his parents' promise to take him to Fleetwood Mac in San Diego, Benny (Keir Tallman) can't help feeling betrayed when his father announces he'll be...
TIFF Review: Uproar is an Effective New Zealand Coming-of-Age Dramedy
Fitting in has never been easy for Josh Waaka (Julian Dennison) as a Brown young man in an almost all-white New Zealand Christian school. Things were easier fo...
TIFF Review: After the Fire Details the Fight Against a Broken Bureaucracy
There's no need for writer/director Mehdi Fikri to spend too much time on the tragic death of twenty-five-year-old Arab-Frenchman Karim itself. We already know...
TIFF Review: Rustin is a Propulsive Biopic That Unpacks Prejudice
It just goes to show how one movement will always be followed by another. No matter how integral Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) proved to advancing Civil Right...
TIFF Review: The King Tide is Mesmerizing, Grounded Sci-Fi
On the eve of the king tide, a life is lost via miscarriage while another is found crying in the hull of a capsized boat come ashore. Is it a sign? Some cosmic...
TIFF Review: The Tundra Within Me is a Quiet Drama Highlighting the Clash of Tradition and Modernity
Much like her main character Lena (Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup), The Tundra Within Me writer-director Sara Margrethe Oskal was also a traditional Sami reindeer h...
TIFF Review: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is Blissfully Sweet Horror
It’s such a wonderfully simple yet utterly unique premise. Ever since Sasha (Sara Montpetit) was a young vampire, she’s been unable to bare her fangs. Maybe it...
Jared Mobarak
Jared Mobarak is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic for The Film Stage, Art Director for Buffalo, NY film series Cultivate Cinema Circle, and member of OFCS and GWNYFCA. You can follow his cinematic viewing habits at Letterboxd.