Jared Mobarak

[TIFF Review] R100

What do you get when you cross one of Japan's most influential comedians, a premise similar to The Game -- but with a zany wild streak of subversive humor -- an...

[TIFF Review] A Field in England

"A coward becomes a man" is, I suppose, the crux of Ben Wheatley’s newest thriller, A Field in England. We find Whitehead (Reece Shearsmith) hiding in the bushe...

[TIFF Review] Visitors

I entered the Elgin Theatre excited at the prospect of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: I was about to sit down and experience the world premiere of renowne...

[TIFF Review] Bad Turn Worse

Life for Sue (Mackenzie Davis) and Bobby (Jeremy Allen White) in their sleepy blue collar Texas town is at an end. They've been accepted to college and can't wa...

[TIFF Review] Begin Again

To answer the title's question—Can a Song Save Your Life?—writer/director John Carney says "yes." A song can save someone from jumping off a subway platform and...

[TIFF Review] The Double

Comically dry like director Richard Ayoade's debut, Submarine, his sophomore effort takes more than a few steps towards an even more arid realm of complete exis...

[TIFF Review] What If

There is something relatable to the awkwardly genuine smiles of two introverts connecting with an acquired humor, made funnier by the fact everyone around them ...

[TIFF Review] All Is By My Side

On paper, a biopic of Jimi Hendrix without the rights to his music seems like a complete waste of time. Even with John Ridley's All Is by My Side detailing 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.