Jared Mobarak
@jaredmobarak.com
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Jared Mobarak
@jaredmobarak.com
· Jan 6
Jared Mobarak’s Top 10 Films of 2024
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Besides my annual trip to the Toronto Internatio...
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Still working through my watchlist, but confident it will take a lot to knock any out of this line-up.
I go long on only seeing two on the big screen (the industry's choice, not mine) and brief on each film.
My Top Ten of 2024 at @thefilmstage.bsky.social:
thefilmstage.com/jared-mobara...
I go long on only seeing two on the big screen (the industry's choice, not mine) and brief on each film.
My Top Ten of 2024 at @thefilmstage.bsky.social:
thefilmstage.com/jared-mobara...
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is so great.
One of two wild cinematic moments for me having grown up in the 80s. Because I finally saw this in the ‘Aughts and was like “Why is this just SPACEBALLS?!”
Happened again upon realizing THE THREE AMIGOS is just a riff on SEVEN SAMURAI/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.
One of two wild cinematic moments for me having grown up in the 80s. Because I finally saw this in the ‘Aughts and was like “Why is this just SPACEBALLS?!”
Happened again upon realizing THE THREE AMIGOS is just a riff on SEVEN SAMURAI/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.
Showing my Film Hist I kids IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT and ROMAN HOLIDAY. Can I just say, Gable and Colbert had serious heat.
a black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench and a woman running across the road
ALT: a black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench and a woman running across the road
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is so great.
One of two wild cinematic moments for me having grown up in the 80s. Because I finally saw this in the ‘Aughts and was like “Why is this just SPACEBALLS?!”
Happened again upon realizing THE THREE AMIGOS is just a riff on SEVEN SAMURAI/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.
One of two wild cinematic moments for me having grown up in the 80s. Because I finally saw this in the ‘Aughts and was like “Why is this just SPACEBALLS?!”
Happened again upon realizing THE THREE AMIGOS is just a riff on SEVEN SAMURAI/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.
A right-wing bias is now always labeled as “objective” by these frauds. They’ve truly taken over the country with a psyop that teaches facts are “woke” due to a shrewdly devastating realization that empathy cost more and took more effort than just pretending ethics and morals are “bad, actually.”
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A right-wing bias is now always labeled as “objective” by these frauds. They’ve truly taken over the country with a psyop that teaches facts are “woke” due to a shrewdly devastating realization that empathy cost more and took more effort than just pretending ethics and morals are “bad, actually.”
From the press kit of BRAVEHEART:
Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mel Gibson, James Cosmo, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Catherine McCormack, and Brendan Gleeson.
#filmsky
Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mel Gibson, James Cosmo, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Catherine McCormack, and Brendan Gleeson.
#filmsky
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
From the press kit of BRAVEHEART:
Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mel Gibson, James Cosmo, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Catherine McCormack, and Brendan Gleeson.
#filmsky
Directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mel Gibson, James Cosmo, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Angus Macfadyen, Catherine McCormack, and Brendan Gleeson.
#filmsky
Why not just make animation games again that tap into a user’s creativity with IP while still allowing them to actually create?
I loved playing Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop on my NES when I was younger. If only I still had the VHS tapes I recorded my videos on to see how crazy they were.
I loved playing Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop on my NES when I was younger. If only I still had the VHS tapes I recorded my videos on to see how crazy they were.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Why not just make animation games again that tap into a user’s creativity with IP while still allowing them to actually create?
I loved playing Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop on my NES when I was younger. If only I still had the VHS tapes I recorded my videos on to see how crazy they were.
I loved playing Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop on my NES when I was younger. If only I still had the VHS tapes I recorded my videos on to see how crazy they were.
Johnny Ma's THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR finally has a release date via Dekanalog on January 2nd, 2026. One of my faves from #TIFF24.
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TIFF24 REVIEW: The Mother and the Bear [2026]
★★★★★★★★ Rating: NR | Runtime: 100 minutesRelease Date: January 2nd, 2026 (USA)Studio: Elevation Pictures / DekanalogDirector(s): Johnny MaWriter(s): Johnny Ma When Sumi (Leere Park) slips and fall…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Johnny Ma's THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR finally has a release date via Dekanalog on January 2nd, 2026. One of my faves from #TIFF24.
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Not only is it good that Boston cleared the bench to celebrate Pasta’s 400th goal, but it’s hilarious that it happened against Toronto since their entire team refused to even acknowledge when Tavares scored his 500th. Leafs might make the playoffs, but they are a bigger joke than the Sabres.
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not only is it good that Boston cleared the bench to celebrate Pasta’s 400th goal, but it’s hilarious that it happened against Toronto since their entire team refused to even acknowledge when Tavares scored his 500th. Leafs might make the playoffs, but they are a bigger joke than the Sabres.
New double feature idea:
David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY
Alireza Khatami's THE THINGS YOU KILL
David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY
Alireza Khatami's THE THINGS YOU KILL
a dark road with a few lights on the side
Alt: Moving fast on the double yellow lines of a back road where sparse light only illuminates the speed at which we're traveling.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New double feature idea:
David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY
Alireza Khatami's THE THINGS YOU KILL
David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY
Alireza Khatami's THE THINGS YOU KILL
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My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 11/7/25
FYC season has begun
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
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What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
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There is no opposition party in the United States. Any official resistance is performative.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There is no opposition party in the United States. Any official resistance is performative.
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If you think there is an iota of shame left among them you have been asleep since 2016.
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you think there is an iota of shame left among them you have been asleep since 2016.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
2016
At what point do we acknowledge that both major political parties have failed themselves, and us, and that it’s time for something new to represent everyday Americans?
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
2016
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Too lazy to read Mary Shelley’s novel before GDT’s new cinematic adaptation (I might still try to listen to it), so I watched James Whale’s 1931 film instead.
boxd.it/bDtyn1
boxd.it/bDtyn1
A ★★★½ review of Frankenstein (1931)
"He’s just resting. Waiting for a new life to come." This being an adaptation (by Garrett Fort and Francis Edward Faragoh) of an adaptation (John L. Balderston‘s American play) of an adaptation (Peggy...
boxd.it
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Too lazy to read Mary Shelley’s novel before GDT’s new cinematic adaptation (I might still try to listen to it), so I watched James Whale’s 1931 film instead.
boxd.it/bDtyn1
boxd.it/bDtyn1
Caught up with THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. It’s fun, pretty, and mostly a TV show pilot without a second episode until December 2026.
boxd.it/bDpa6H
boxd.it/bDpa6H
A ★★★½ review of The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
"Die with yours." I’m all for style over substance and emotional impact over narrative depth, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps is very much a gorgeous toy that sufficiently distractions us for two ...
boxd.it
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Caught up with THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. It’s fun, pretty, and mostly a TV show pilot without a second episode until December 2026.
boxd.it/bDpa6H
boxd.it/bDpa6H
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My latest movie poster rant for November 2025 release is now up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My latest movie poster rant for November 2025 release is now up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
My latest movie poster rant for November 2025 release is now up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the poster art of November: thefilmstage.com/posterized-n...
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My latest movie poster rant for November 2025 release is now up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 11/7/25
FYC season has begun
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• Ballad of a Small Player
• The Birdcage
• Christy
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Die My Love
• If You See Something
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
• Weapons
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
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This is even more delightful than I'd heard.
Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is even more delightful than I'd heard.
From the press kit of THE MAJESTIC:
Directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, and Martin Landau.
#filmsky
Directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, and Martin Landau.
#filmsky
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
From the press kit of THE MAJESTIC:
Directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, and Martin Landau.
#filmsky
Directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, and Martin Landau.
#filmsky
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And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.