Jared Mobarak

[TIFF Review] Oslo, August 31st

Memory and nostalgia—these are the things Joachim Trier sought when creating his dark, hopeful and depressing love letter to his hometown. Rather than use t...

[TIFF Review] Friends with Kids

This has been the year of romantic comedies doing their best to overcome the genre and crossover to succeed with men and women alike. An unintentional reuni...

[TIFF Review] Le Havre

According to André Wilms—the star of Le Havre—during his hilarious stream of consciousness Q&A at a screening for the Toronto International Film Festiva...

[TIFF Review] Death of a Superhero

Cancer is one of life’s great fears, a grand equalizer that takes without discretion. Children are lost while their parents watch, talents with the ability ...

[TIFF Review] The Odds

The Toronto International Film Festival media blurb for Simon Davidson’s debut feature, The Odds, likens it to a combination of Rounders and Brick. While th...

[TIFF Review] Lena

A normal life was never an option for Lena. Whether a translation tick or a telling line throughout the film, the words “Be normal” crop up often as none of...

[TIFF Review] The Cat Vanishes

A psychotic break has fractured Luis (Luis Luque) and Beatriz’s (Beatriz Spelzini) marriage in El gato desaparece , playing at the Toronto International Fil...

[Review] Contagion

After teaming up for a very funny take on a true story with The Informant!, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and director Steven Soderbergh decide to give life t...

[Review] Mysteries of Lisbon

Finally making its way into American theatres on the cusp of its director’s passing, Mistérios de Lisboa gives us an epic look into the bourgeois dramatics...

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.