[TIFF Review] When I Saw You
Leave it to writer/director Annemarie Jacir to make an American more or less indoctrinated to side with the Israelis in the war for the Holy Land see her people...
Jared Mobarak
Your Complete Guide & Capsule Reviews of Entire 2012 TIFF Short Cuts Canada Programmes
With all the buzz around world premieres and gala events happening at the Toronto International Film Festival, it's easy to forget there is also a pretty stel...
[TIFF Review] Shores of Hope
It's East Berlin, 1984—an entire nation under the Stasi's watchful eye. Freedom is near impossible without risk of arrest or bullet courtesy of a botched escape...
[TIFF Review] Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
As easily titled by another of its subject's mottos—"Expect the Unexpected"—as what documentarian Brad Bernstein chose, Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Unger...
[Review] For Ellen
Looking to reconcile her feelings about being a successful parent, wife and filmmaker with her child turning two, writer/director So Yong Kim decided to delve i...
[Review] Girl Model
Documentaries find success through compelling stories. Whether a salacious expose on an industry many looking in don't understand or a stirring rags-to-riches t...
Posterized Propaganda September 2012: White Space Rules the Month
“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...
[Interview] ‘The Ambassador’ Star/Director Mads Brugger on African Blood Diamonds and Beef Tartare
Called the most provocative filmmaker in the world by many, Danish documentarian Mads Brügger has outdone himself with his newest work, The Ambassador. Trav...
[Review] The Ambassador
Did you ever wonder what a guy like Sacha Baron Cohen could accomplish if his satirical bent towards political upheaval had more than cheap laughs as its goal? ...
[Review] Sparkle
I can't wait for the Director's Cut. No, not Criterion's much ballyhooed 216-minute edit of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate. I'm talking about Salim Akil's Spark...
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.