Jared Mobarak
@jaredmobarak.com
Graphic Designer • Rotten Tomatoes-Approved Critic: @thefilmstage.com & heyhaveyouseen.com • Art Director: cultivatecinema.com (RIP) • Member: @ofcs.bsky.social & @gwnyfilmcritics.com • Curates @cinematicfbombs.com
Buffalo, NY • jaredmobarak.com • 🇱🇧
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The Sparrow in the Chimney, My Undesirable Friends, and All That’s Left of You are among @jaredmobarak.com's top 10 films of 2025:
Jared Mobarak’s Top 10 Films of 2025
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. In a year where my favorite films are dominated ...
thefilmstage.com
Still have ~30 films on my watchlist (despite feeling like I watched more down the stretch than usual), but had to pull the trigger eventually.
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
@joeyerdon.bsky.social Did Norris get hurt in the scrum after 4th goal? Haven’t seen him since.
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
@joeyerdon.bsky.social Did Norris get hurt in the scrum after 4th goal? Haven’t seen him since.
It took 25 minutes for #Sundance to finally get their individual online tickets up, but I snagged six. Now to watch them all in the 4-day window.
Josephine Decker's Chasing Summer
Ramzi Bashour's Hot Water
Beth de Araújo's Josephine
Vera Miao's Rock Springs
NB Mager's Run Amok
Kogonada's Zi
Josephine Decker's Chasing Summer
Ramzi Bashour's Hot Water
Beth de Araújo's Josephine
Vera Miao's Rock Springs
NB Mager's Run Amok
Kogonada's Zi
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It took 25 minutes for #Sundance to finally get their individual online tickets up, but I snagged six. Now to watch them all in the 4-day window.
Josephine Decker's Chasing Summer
Ramzi Bashour's Hot Water
Beth de Araújo's Josephine
Vera Miao's Rock Springs
NB Mager's Run Amok
Kogonada's Zi
Josephine Decker's Chasing Summer
Ramzi Bashour's Hot Water
Beth de Araújo's Josephine
Vera Miao's Rock Springs
NB Mager's Run Amok
Kogonada's Zi
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And there you have it. Our 2025 Film Awards Winners!
For a full list of our 2025 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here: gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2026!
#GWNYFCA2025
For a full list of our 2025 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here: gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2026!
#GWNYFCA2025
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
And there you have it. Our 2025 Film Awards Winners!
For a full list of our 2025 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here: gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2026!
#GWNYFCA2025
For a full list of our 2025 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here: gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2026!
#GWNYFCA2025
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Tomorrow, 1/10 at 2:00pm! Free event!
Come to @drydentheatre.bsky.social to watch our critics announce our #GWNYFCA2025 Award Winners live!
Details: www.eastman.org/event/film-s...
Come to @drydentheatre.bsky.social to watch our critics announce our #GWNYFCA2025 Award Winners live!
Details: www.eastman.org/event/film-s...
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Tomorrow, 1/10 at 2:00pm! Free event!
Come to @drydentheatre.bsky.social to watch our critics announce our #GWNYFCA2025 Award Winners live!
Details: www.eastman.org/event/film-s...
Come to @drydentheatre.bsky.social to watch our critics announce our #GWNYFCA2025 Award Winners live!
Details: www.eastman.org/event/film-s...
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• All That's Left of You (limited)
• Eddington (HBO Max)
• The Life of Chuck (Hulu)
• Rosemead (expanding)
• The Shrouds (Criterion Channel)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen #filmsky
• All That's Left of You (limited)
• Eddington (HBO Max)
• The Life of Chuck (Hulu)
• Rosemead (expanding)
• The Shrouds (Criterion Channel)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen #filmsky
Week Ending 1/9/26
Top Ten Films of 2025
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• All That's Left of You (limited)
• Eddington (HBO Max)
• The Life of Chuck (Hulu)
• Rosemead (expanding)
• The Shrouds (Criterion Channel)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen #filmsky
• All That's Left of You (limited)
• Eddington (HBO Max)
• The Life of Chuck (Hulu)
• Rosemead (expanding)
• The Shrouds (Criterion Channel)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen #filmsky
From the press kit of BLOOD SIMPLE:
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh.
#filmsky
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh.
#filmsky
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
From the press kit of BLOOD SIMPLE:
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh.
#filmsky
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh.
#filmsky
Still have ~30 films on my watchlist (despite feeling like I watched more down the stretch than usual), but had to pull the trigger eventually.
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
The Sparrow in the Chimney, My Undesirable Friends, and All That’s Left of You are among @jaredmobarak.com's top 10 films of 2025:
Jared Mobarak’s Top 10 Films of 2025
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. In a year where my favorite films are dominated ...
thefilmstage.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Still have ~30 films on my watchlist (despite feeling like I watched more down the stretch than usual), but had to pull the trigger eventually.
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
Lots of great international and indie films this year (with some nice studio fare too).
My Top Ten Films of 2025 at @thefilmstage.com.
#topten #filmsky
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
somebody should forward mike johnson some news links so he won’t be caught off guard by questions about the shooting tomorrow
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
somebody should forward mike johnson some news links so he won’t be caught off guard by questions about the shooting tomorrow
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Here I was mad at myself for still having close to 40 films on my 2025 watchlist when I needed to finally submit my Top Ten. I’ve caught up with two in the time since that submission and ultimately discovered both were very much not for me.
Maybe I watched everything I needed to watch after all.
Maybe I watched everything I needed to watch after all.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Here I was mad at myself for still having close to 40 films on my 2025 watchlist when I needed to finally submit my Top Ten. I’ve caught up with two in the time since that submission and ultimately discovered both were very much not for me.
Maybe I watched everything I needed to watch after all.
Maybe I watched everything I needed to watch after all.
This photo of George C. Scott playing chess with Stanley Kubrick has me wondering if Tim Robinson should play the former in a mid-career Oscar-bait biopic showcasing his dramatic chops.
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This photo of George C. Scott playing chess with Stanley Kubrick has me wondering if Tim Robinson should play the former in a mid-career Oscar-bait biopic showcasing his dramatic chops.
I didn’t watch the game, but this is insane considering Henry had 112 yards in the first half. I guess the Steelers defense really came through for Cook in the second. Wild.
Bills running back James Cook finished the 2025 regular season as the NFL's leading rusher.
Cook is the first Buffalo player to win the rushing title since O.J. Simpson in 1976.
Cook is the first Buffalo player to win the rushing title since O.J. Simpson in 1976.
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I didn’t watch the game, but this is insane considering Henry had 112 yards in the first half. I guess the Steelers defense really came through for Cook in the second. Wild.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is all over my @letterboxd.social 2025 stats thanks to a full rewatch before FINAL RECKONING.
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is all over my @letterboxd.social 2025 stats thanks to a full rewatch before FINAL RECKONING.
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Afternoons of Solitude (MUBI)
• Bugonia (Peacock)
• Cover-Up (Netflix)
• Harvest (MUBI)
• Save the Green Planet! (Arrow Video on 2/16/26)
• Tombstone
• Wicked: For Good
• Willow (Disney+)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Afternoons of Solitude (MUBI)
• Bugonia (Peacock)
• Cover-Up (Netflix)
• Harvest (MUBI)
• Save the Green Planet! (Arrow Video on 2/16/26)
• Tombstone
• Wicked: For Good
• Willow (Disney+)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 1/2/26
Top Ten Posters of 2025
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Afternoons of Solitude (MUBI)
• Bugonia (Peacock)
• Cover-Up (Netflix)
• Harvest (MUBI)
• Save the Green Planet! (Arrow Video on 2/16/26)
• Tombstone
• Wicked: For Good
• Willow (Disney+)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Afternoons of Solitude (MUBI)
• Bugonia (Peacock)
• Cover-Up (Netflix)
• Harvest (MUBI)
• Save the Green Planet! (Arrow Video on 2/16/26)
• Tombstone
• Wicked: For Good
• Willow (Disney+)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Sound of Metal
2021: Nine Days
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: All of Us Strangers
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: اللي باقي منك [All That's Left of You]
2020: Sound of Metal
2021: Nine Days
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: All of Us Strangers
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: اللي باقي منك [All That's Left of You]
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Small Axe
2021: Memoria
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: Small Axe
2021: Memoria
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: David Byrne's American Utopia
2021: West Side Story
2022: Decision to Leave
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2025: Sinners
2020: David Byrne's American Utopia
2021: West Side Story
2022: Decision to Leave
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2025: Sinners
January 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Sound of Metal
2021: Nine Days
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: All of Us Strangers
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: اللي باقي منك [All That's Left of You]
2020: Sound of Metal
2021: Nine Days
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: All of Us Strangers
2024: I Saw the TV Glow
2025: اللي باقي منك [All That's Left of You]
From the press kit of MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE:
Directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, and Ellen McElduff.
#filmsky
Directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, and Ellen McElduff.
#filmsky
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 AM
From the press kit of MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE:
Directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, and Ellen McElduff.
#filmsky
Directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, and Ellen McElduff.
#filmsky
Saying goodbye to 2025 by counting down my favorite movie posters for US releases over at the @thefilmstage.com.
#posterizedpropaganda
#posterizedpropaganda
The 25 best movie posters of 2025, selected by @jaredmobarak.com: thefilmstage.com/the-best-mov...
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Saying goodbye to 2025 by counting down my favorite movie posters for US releases over at the @thefilmstage.com.
#posterizedpropaganda
#posterizedpropaganda
Officially watched the last #GWNYFCA2025 nominee I missed before the first round of voting. Time to fill out the final ballot for tomorrow’s deadline.
gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
AWARDS: Our 2025 Nominees
The ballots have been counted for the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s eighth annual end-of-year Film Awards. We’ve chosen the below films as our collective favorites after engag…
gwnyfilmcritics.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Officially watched the last #GWNYFCA2025 nominee I missed before the first round of voting. Time to fill out the final ballot for tomorrow’s deadline.
gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
gwnyfilmcritics.com/portfolio/aw...
What he's really saying: “No one would ever say yes, so we can never ever concede to asking first.”
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What he's really saying: “No one would ever say yes, so we can never ever concede to asking first.”
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Marty Supreme (wide)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
• The Plague (limited)
• Sorry, Baby (HBO Max)
• The Testament of Ann Lee (limited)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Zootopia 2 (wide)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Marty Supreme (wide)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
• The Plague (limited)
• Sorry, Baby (HBO Max)
• The Testament of Ann Lee (limited)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Zootopia 2 (wide)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 12/26/25
Happy New Year!
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Marty Supreme (wide)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
• The Plague (limited)
• Sorry, Baby (HBO Max)
• The Testament of Ann Lee (limited)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Zootopia 2 (wide)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Marty Supreme (wide)
• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
• The Plague (limited)
• Sorry, Baby (HBO Max)
• The Testament of Ann Lee (limited)
• Train Dreams (Netflix)
• Zootopia 2 (wide)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
He’s great in Cherien Dabis’ ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU (alongside his sons Saleh and Adam). Releases in limited US theaters on January 9 and is Jordan’s International Oscar hopeful. My favorite film of 2025.
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri has died at 72.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
December 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
He’s great in Cherien Dabis’ ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU (alongside his sons Saleh and Adam). Releases in limited US theaters on January 9 and is Jordan’s International Oscar hopeful. My favorite film of 2025.