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
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Jared Mobarak
@jaredmobarak.com
· Jan 8
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 ...
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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
Blair Witch Project (8/15/99) - Dipson Am
Memento (4/15/01) - Dipson Am
Mulholland Drive (11/15/01) - Dipson EH
Cremaster 3 (2002 - can’t find ticket) - Market Arcade
I went to movies as a kid, but I think the goal is less about my age (Beetlejuice on 5/29/88) than limited/arthouse runs.
Memento (4/15/01) - Dipson Am
Mulholland Drive (11/15/01) - Dipson EH
Cremaster 3 (2002 - can’t find ticket) - Market Arcade
I went to movies as a kid, but I think the goal is less about my age (Beetlejuice on 5/29/88) than limited/arthouse runs.
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Blair Witch Project (8/15/99) - Dipson Am
Memento (4/15/01) - Dipson Am
Mulholland Drive (11/15/01) - Dipson EH
Cremaster 3 (2002 - can’t find ticket) - Market Arcade
I went to movies as a kid, but I think the goal is less about my age (Beetlejuice on 5/29/88) than limited/arthouse runs.
Memento (4/15/01) - Dipson Am
Mulholland Drive (11/15/01) - Dipson EH
Cremaster 3 (2002 - can’t find ticket) - Market Arcade
I went to movies as a kid, but I think the goal is less about my age (Beetlejuice on 5/29/88) than limited/arthouse runs.
SAULT's "Good Things Will Come After the Pressure" from CHAPTER 1
#2026inmusic
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#2026inmusic
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Good Things Will Come After the Pressure
YouTube video by SAULT - Topic
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February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
SAULT's "Good Things Will Come After the Pressure" from CHAPTER 1
#2026inmusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7y...
#2026inmusic
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I still remember my father posting on FB to thank Trump for “doing the impossible” as if he didn’t just sign his name on a piece of paper to reopen the economy. Now Trump’s own anti-vaxxer brain-worm undoes all that “work” and I hear no pushback. So, which is it?
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I still remember my father posting on FB to thank Trump for “doing the impossible” as if he didn’t just sign his name on a piece of paper to reopen the economy. Now Trump’s own anti-vaxxer brain-worm undoes all that “work” and I hear no pushback. So, which is it?
Just gives season ticket holders more of an incentive to sell their tickets to opposing fans for more money than ever before. Supply and demand, baby.
When the Buffalo Sabres host big games against teams whose fans travel well, they plan to “get creative” in making sure most of those tickets remain in the hands of Sabres fans. That could mean restricting ticket sales to buyers in certain ZIP codes.
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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The Sabres might limit ticket sales to certain areas to build home ice advantage
When the Buffalo Sabres host big games against teams whose fans travel well, they plan to “get creative” in making sure most of those tickets remain in the hands of Sabres fans.
buffalonews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Just gives season ticket holders more of an incentive to sell their tickets to opposing fans for more money than ever before. Supply and demand, baby.
The beauty (and flaw) in this type of bracket vote is that people don’t vote for the best. They don’t always vote for their favorite either. They see a lopsided match-up, assume one will win easily, and vote for the other to show it love.
But if enough people go that route, an upset becomes real.
But if enough people go that route, an upset becomes real.
Today in the second round of the Walt Disney Animation Studios bracket, we just may have to part ways with a trio of lovable birds, because they’re facing off against a pretty tough customer.
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Beauty and the Beast
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Three Caballeros
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Beauty and the Beast
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zVLd2z/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">The Three Caballeros
📊 Show results
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The beauty (and flaw) in this type of bracket vote is that people don’t vote for the best. They don’t always vote for their favorite either. They see a lopsided match-up, assume one will win easily, and vote for the other to show it love.
But if enough people go that route, an upset becomes real.
But if enough people go that route, an upset becomes real.
Mon Rovîa - Black Cauldron (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Mon Rovîa
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February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
I’m sure it’s been said, but I’m just catching up to it now … it’s one thing to buy 20-year olds playing 15-year olds in STRANGER THINGS Season 5. It’s another to even begin to believe that Holly is only 7.
a girl in a blue dress and red scarf is holding a piece of paper with netflix written on it
Alt: a girl in a white and blue dress with red scarf is holding a piece of paper in front of a house
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February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I’m sure it’s been said, but I’m just catching up to it now … it’s one thing to buy 20-year olds playing 15-year olds in STRANGER THINGS Season 5. It’s another to even begin to believe that Holly is only 7.
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the art of February:
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the art of February:
Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Father’s Shadow & More
The new year is in full swing with its January doldrums making way for another February chock full of Oscar-qualifying films receiving their limited and/or platform releases nationwide. Sure, there ar...
thefilmstage.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 2/6/26
Sundance 2026
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the art of February:
@jaredmobarak.com analyzes the art of February:
Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Father’s Shadow & More
The new year is in full swing with its January doldrums making way for another February chock full of Oscar-qualifying films receiving their limited and/or platform releases nationwide. Sure, there ar...
thefilmstage.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 2/6/26
Sundance 2026
www.heyhaveyouseen.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• The President's Cake (limited; expands 2/27)
• Scarlet (limited)
• Sirāt (limited)
Also includes links to my #Sundance2026 coverage.
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
From the press kit of THE MACHINIST:
Directed by Brad Anderson, starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Reg E. Cathey.
#filmsky
Directed by Brad Anderson, starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Reg E. Cathey.
#filmsky
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
From the press kit of THE MACHINIST:
Directed by Brad Anderson, starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Reg E. Cathey.
#filmsky
Directed by Brad Anderson, starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Reg E. Cathey.
#filmsky
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
Just stumbled upon this account with a criminally low follower count. As someone who can be creative and generous with my f-bombs in my writing (and in life when the kids aren't around), this is right up my alley! #Filmsky #Scriptsky
Film: Glass Onion (2022) [PG-13]
Studio: Netflix
Character: Derol
Actor: Noah Segan
Director: Rian Johnson
Screenwriter: Rian Johnson
Timestamp: 2:06:14
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Studio: Netflix
Character: Derol
Actor: Noah Segan
Director: Rian Johnson
Screenwriter: Rian Johnson
Timestamp: 2:06:14
cinematicfbombs.com/2023/01/16/2...
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Just stumbled upon this account with a criminally low follower count. As someone who can be creative and generous with my f-bombs in my writing (and in life when the kids aren't around), this is right up my alley! #Filmsky #Scriptsky
Bezos could use his $253 billion worth to pay every Washington Post worker he laid off a million dollars a year without blinking, but he only bought the paper to be a propaganda arm.
"Profitability" can't exist as a concept when the owner dictating what profitability is fancies himself as Smaug.
"Profitability" can't exist as a concept when the owner dictating what profitability is fancies himself as Smaug.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Bezos could use his $253 billion worth to pay every Washington Post worker he laid off a million dollars a year without blinking, but he only bought the paper to be a propaganda arm.
"Profitability" can't exist as a concept when the owner dictating what profitability is fancies himself as Smaug.
"Profitability" can't exist as a concept when the owner dictating what profitability is fancies himself as Smaug.
More evidence that millionaires and billionaires truly don’t do work. They profit off the backs of their exploited workers and bask in the free time to “think the next big ideas” which is just them stealing or buying someone else’s.
Where did these Epstein folks find the time to do anything given the volume of their emailing? It’s almost parodic how much they liked to chat about crimes in their dumb emails.
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 AM
More evidence that millionaires and billionaires truly don’t do work. They profit off the backs of their exploited workers and bask in the free time to “think the next big ideas” which is just them stealing or buying someone else’s.
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
If it weren’t for having the green light to be a Nazi, they might just have to quit!
(I didn’t read the article. Maybe they are. Still won’t save their souls.)
(I didn’t read the article. Maybe they are. Still won’t save their souls.)
ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises
Staff claim promised bonuses and insurance have failed to materialise, with some reporting they cannot afford medical care for sick children
www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employee...
Staff claim promised bonuses and insurance have failed to materialise, with some reporting they cannot afford medical care for sick children
www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employee...
ICE employees on Reddit complain about late salaries and missing insurance, despite promises made upon hiring
ICE employees have reported delayed pay and missing health insurance on Reddit, while critics question how staff tolerate dangerous duties for little or no compensation.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
If it weren’t for having the green light to be a Nazi, they might just have to quit!
(I didn’t read the article. Maybe they are. Still won’t save their souls.)
(I didn’t read the article. Maybe they are. Still won’t save their souls.)
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
SHOTGUN STORIES is now streaming on AMC+. Go see Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon’s first collaboration if you haven’t yet. Or watch it again if you have because it’s very good.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
SHOTGUN STORIES is now streaming on AMC+. Go see Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon’s first collaboration if you haven’t yet. Or watch it again if you have because it’s very good.
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Netflix)
• The Lost Bus (AppleTV)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Netflix)
• The Lost Bus (AppleTV)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Week Ending 1/30/26
The Sabres are a wagon?!
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January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
My latest newsletter is out with thoughts on:
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Netflix)
• The Lost Bus (AppleTV)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Netflix)
• The Lost Bus (AppleTV)
www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...
#heyhaveyouseen
Reposted by Jared Mobarak
MONSTERS INC. hits a little different in 2026.
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 AM
MONSTERS INC. hits a little different in 2026.