Jared Mobarak

[TIFF Review] Parisienne

Many deflect from it, but a writer/director's intent can change the viewer's outlook on his/her film. Danielle Arbid's fictional coming-of-age drama about a col...

[TIFF Review] Desierto

A tense thriller of survival set against a desolate landscape of quiet austerity until the deafening sound of our heroes' pursuer returns after a brief respite ...

[TIFF Review] The Program

When you think about what Lance Armstrong did to the sport of cycling—winning seven straight Tour de France titles before finally being revealed as a cheater—yo...

[TIFF Review] Colonia

It's amazing how many horrific acts mankind has initiated over the past century. With all the coups, wars, dictators, etc. it's impossible to find a country dev...

[TIFF Review] Closet Monster

Writer/director Stephen Dunn's feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psy...

[TIFF Review] 3 Generations

I hate to be the guy to judge a book by its cover, but I admittedly did just that with Gaby Dellal's 3 Generations. It depicts the "unconventional" family of th...

[TIFF Review] Truth

There's a real issue with the media and how they have monetized news content over the past couple decades. Robert Redford has a great monologue as Dan Rather in...

[TIFF Review] Into the Forest

The farther we advance towards a world of complete convenience, the further we distance ourselves from self-sufficiency. Every new generation loses more skills ...

[TIFF Review] Baskin

It starts off with a late night dinner scene between a quintet of cops telling crazy stories and losing their temper with the help straight out of a Tarantino m...

[TIFF Review] High-Rise

As soon as the voice of Tom Hiddleston's Dr. Robert Laing was heard speaking narration above his weathered and crazed visage manically moving from cluttered, di...

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.