Jared Mobarak

[TIFF Review] Parkland

We all know the story of President John F. Kennedy's assassination: it's an event that has been ingrained into our culture and, having spawned a myriad of consp...

[TIFF Review] Canopy

It's September 9th, 1942 and the Japanese have already invaded Singapore three years before the first atomic bomb will shake them with devastating force and ult...

[TIFF Review] October November

The image of a drowning fish—gasping and jumping atop a rock too far from salvation—is what has stuck with me most after watching writer/director Götz Spielmann...

[TIFF Review] Mystery Road

Originally conjured up by writer/director Ivan Sen in 2006, Mystery Road’s look at a “turncoat” cop working within a largely racist, white profession always had...

[TIFF Review] All Cheerleaders Die

Oh, those silly amateur Wiccans trying to play God. Haven't they learned it never ends well? Bring one cat back to life and you think you can change the course ...

[TIFF Review] The Art of the Steal

When you're looking to create a successful heist flick it's usually a good idea to keep things simple -- make everything as airtight as possible, don't try for ...

[Review] A Teacher

While we must assume the how of high school English teacher Diana Watts (Lindsay Burdge) and senior Eric Tull’s (Will Brittain) union, it isn’t hard to understa...

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.