[Review] Barely Lethal
Much like director Kyle Newman's first theatrical release Fanboys, his sophomore effort Barely Lethal is built for a niche audience with minimal wiggle room to ...
Jared Mobarak
[Review] Mad Max: Fury Road
It's not often delays, financial dissolutions, and waning interest make a film better, but I don't want to know what Mad Max: Fury Road might have been without ...
The Path to ‘Fury Road’: Revisiting George Miller’s Original ‘Mad Max’ Trilogy
Before Fury Road arrives, we take a look at the films that launched George Miller's career....
Posterized May 2015: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘Tomorrowland,’ ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ and More
“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 focuse...
[Review] Reality
This is what it's like to go insane. Writer/director Quentin Dupieux loves the surreal and absurd, but Réalité takes his penchant for humorous oddity to anothe...
[Tribeca Review] Jackrabbit
Dystopian sci-fi is trendy. Anyone who has any knowledge of today's pop culture could tell you that and it's no surprise Hollywood has jumped on its collective ...
[Review] The Last Time You Had Fun
After watching the trailer and reading the synopsis, it's hard not to see The Last Time You Had Fun in a sort of "been there, done that" light. We've seen it be...
‘Spring’ Directors Discuss Breaking Rules, Indie Horror, Budget Constraints, and More
We talk with Moorhead and Benson about their sophomore effort, the current cinematic climate, and all the hard work necessary to get an independent production off the ground. ...
Posterized April 2015: ‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Lost River,’ ‘Furious 7,’ and More
“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 focuse...
[Review] Furious 7
There's something about this series that's transcended any intellectual discussion about cinema. How else does a lamely derivative version of Point Break substi...
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.