Jared Mobarak

[Review] The Selfish Giant

A contemporary fable thematically adapted from an Oscar Wilde short story and inspired by the world writer/director Clio Barnard entered while filming her docum...

[Review] Jack, Jules, Esther & Me

I was about twenty minutes into Jack, Jules, Esther & Me when worry struck. Centered around two best friends from disparate neighborhoods/social classes in ...

[Review] Crave

When you take a look at Charles de Lauzirika's filmography to see the myriad behind the scenes featurettes and home video productions he's accomplished for the ...

[Review] S#x Acts

Director Jonathan Gurfinkel's debut feature Shesh peamim deals with the important topic of teenage sexual abuse in a way that better make you uncomfortable by ...

[Review] Night Train to Lisbon

Sometimes a well-written story is all you truly need to make a successful film and I believe author Pascal Mercier's novel Night Train to Lisbon provides one. A...

[Review] Diamond on Vinyl

In much the same way J.R. Hughto’s characters interact with one another in made-up dialogue with fictitious personas used to record “rehearsal” conversations or...

[Review] Swerve

After a long journey dating back to 2010, director Craig Lahiff finally has his Australian crime thriller Swerve arriving in American theaters. It took a year t...

[Review] Artifact

To disclose my feelings on Thirty Seconds to Mars off the bat, I'm a huge fan of the band. When "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" hit the radio waves, I was sold—n...

[Review] The Punk Singer

When Kathleen Hanna is shown sitting at her home discussing her exit from fronting Le Tigre, she says, “I felt I had said everything I wanted to say.” It’s the ...

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.