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From the press kit of BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992): Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, Sadie Frost, Tom Waits, and Monica Bellucci. #filmsky #moviesky

Gary Oldman stars as Dracula in "BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA," a Columbia Pictures Release. Photo: Ralph Nelson.

Francis Ford Coppola directs Anthony Hopkins in "BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA," a Columbia Pictures Release. © Fabian/Sygma.

Mina (Winona Ryder) is seduced by Dracula's (Gary Oldman) eternal charms in "BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA," a Columbia Pictures Release. Photo: Ralph Nelson. Copyright ©1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.

Tom Waits stars as R.M. Renfield and Richard E. Grant stars as Dr. Jack Seward in "BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA," a Columbia Pictures Release. Photo: Ralph Nelson. Copyright ©1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 28/09/2026

NO REST FOR THE WICKED has been picked up by Altered Innocence. It was my favorite film out of @fantasiafestival.com: www.heyhaveyouseen.com/week-ending-...

Instagram post:

(Deadline screenshot)

Altered Innocence Strikes North America Deal With Charades For Queer Gothic Romance 'No Rest For The Wicked'

By Andreas Wiseman
September 28, 2026 7:29am

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alteredinnocence: Big news! We're gigantic queer horror fans and this film is such a stunningly romantic take on the genre with handsome leads and a ridiculously beautiful backdrop. Thrilled to bring NO REST FOR THE WICKED to North American audiences very soon! Your nips will never be the same...

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 25/09/2026

Recent movie #postersofnote. Artists: 1. Aarushi Jain 2. Scott Saslow 3. MOMENTS 4. Jermaine Tulbo (Sunny Side Art) 5. Sam Smith 6. Advista Studio® 7. Timothy Pittides 8. Alex Scopini 9. The Last Johny On the Left 10. Sara Alfageeh #filmsky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 25/09/2026

From the press kit of ST. ELMO'S FIRE (1985): Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Martin Balsam, Andie MacDowell, and Joyce Van Patten. #filmsky #moviesky

Andrew McCarthy and Demi Moore compare notes on life in the "real" world after college graduation in Columbia Pictures' "ST. ELMO'S FIRE." The film also stars Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham. The film was produced by Lauren Shuler and directed by Joel Schumacher from an original screenplay he wrote with Carl Kurlander. Copyright ©1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Rob Lowe, whose main solace is his saxophone, stars in Columbia Pictures' "ST. ELMO'S FIRE." The film also stars Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham. The film was produced by Lauren Shuler and directed by Joel Schumacher from an original screenplay he wrote with Carl Kurlander. Copyright © 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., All Rights Reserved

Joel Schumacher directs an ensemble cast of Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham in Columbia Pictures' "ST. ELMO'S FIRE." The film was produced by Lauren Shuler. Co-author of the screenplay with Schumacher was Carl Kurlander. Copyright ©1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., All Rights Reserved

Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy (I. to r.) star as a tightly knit group of college graduates whose meeting spot is St. Elmo's Bar. Columbia Pictures presents "ST. ELMO'S FIRE," produced by Lauren Shuler and directed by Joel Schumacher from an original screenplay he wrote with Carl Kurlander. Copyright ©1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 18/09/2026

Recent movie #postersofnote. Artists: 1. Tyler Rubenfeld (title by Benjamin Tuttle) 2. Drusilla Adeline (𝕾𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕳𝖞𝖉𝖊) 3. Midnight Marauder 4. Yvan Quinet 5. caspar newbolt (version_industries) 6. Aleks Phoenix 7. Aleksander Walijewski 8. Irene Lee (MUBI LAB) 9. Siva Chand 10. yooongom #filmsky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 13/09/2026

Foiled by the press portal feeding me a front row seat to TANGLES. I probably would have swapped it for something else had I known (guess I should have looked up a map). Oh well. At least there are no subtitles. Should be good for Q&A photos too. #TIFF26

Super close shot of the theater screen from front row of Scotiabank 3.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 12/09/2026

Lebanese cinema with its champions over here at Scotiabank tonight. They relegated us to between concession stands assuming low turnout before releasing us into theater. First time I’ve seen them need to add a second row to contain everyone in this spot. 30 minutes still to go. #Furies #TIFF26

Double lines of people waiting for FURIES to start in the narrow gap between concession stands.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 12/09/2026

Funny seeing everyone going wild on Twitter about TIFF press screenings explicitly allowing cell phone use as though it’s a new thing with the “market” merge. It’s not. Been going on since at least 2023. #TIFF26

Screenshot of tweet from 9/8/23. Shows photo of movie screen with text: We know you may be working, but please try to be courteous to your fellow colleagues and minimize the use of your phone throughout the screening. Thank you.

My tweet caption: Oh. I do not like this verbiage, #TIFF23. "Minimize"? Watching the film is the work. Turn off your phones.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 10/09/2026

Recent movie #postersofnote. Artists: 1. inbetween 2. Intermission Film 3. Madison Coby 4. Matt Needle 5. Ally Zhu 6. Madison Coby 7. Agence Troika 8. Drusilla Adeline (Sister Hyde) 9. Sander Brouwer Studio 10. Miguel Lugtu for P+A #filmsky #moviesky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 04/09/2026

From the press kit of DANCER IN THE DARK (2000): Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, and Cara Seymour. #filmsky #moviesky

Selma (Björk) in Dancer In The Dark. A Fine Line Features release. © 2000 Zentropa Entertainment.

(L-R) Bill (David Morse) and Jeff (Peter Stormare) on the set of Dancer In The Dark. A Fine Line Features release. © 2000 Zentropa Entertainment.

Top - Catherine Deneuve (Kathy) on the set of Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark." A Fine Line Features release. Bottom - (L-R) David Morse (Bill) and Björk (Selma) on the set of Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark." A Fine Line Features release. Photos: D. Koskas. © 2000 Fine Line Features. All rights reserved.

Top - Director Lars von Trier on the set of "Dancer in the Dark." A Fine Line Features release. Bottom - (L-R) Catherine Deneuve, Björk, and Lars von Trier on the set of "Dancer in the Dark." A Fine Line Features release. Photos: D. Koskas. © 2000 Fine Line Features. All rights reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 03/09/2026

Recent movie posters of note. Artists: 1. Midnight Marauder 2. Paul Blow 3. Advista Studio® 4-5. Justin Besana 6. Percival & Associates, LLC 7. Empire Design (shades of Barbara Kruger), photo by Jason Bell 8. Kevin Tong 9. STEADY, illustration by EIM 輝 10. Paul Wilson / Yellow1 #filmsky #moviesky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 28/08/2026

Now watching: CHRONOVISOR (Jack Auen & Kevin Walker)

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 27/08/2026

Now watching: BUDDY (Casper Kelly) Poster by LEROY & ROSE.

A heavily tracked and fuzzed CRT screen with the face of an orange unicorn children's show mascot.

Text at top:
FROM THE PRODUCERS OF
FRIENDSHIP AND WEAPONS

Text at bottom:
AND THE CREATOR OF
TOO MANY COOKS

BUDDY

AUGUST 28
ONLY IN THEATERS

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 27/08/2026

From the press kit of DUTCH (1991): Directed by Peter Faiman. Starring Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams, and Christopher McDonald. #filmsky #moviesky

Doyle (ETHAN RANDALL), a snobbish, arrogant rich kid, learns about life in the real world when his mother Natalie (JOBETH WILLIAMS) asks her blue-collar boyfriend, Dutch Dooley (ED O'NEILL), to drive the boy home for Thanksgiving, in "DUTCH," a comedy written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Peter Faiman. Photo credit: Luke Wynn. Copyright © 1991 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.

Doyle (ETHAN RANDALL), a snobbish, arrogant rich kid, learns about life in the real world when his mother's blue-collar boyfriend, Dutch Dooley (ED O'NEILL), volunteers to drive the boy home for Thanksgiving, in "DUTCH," a comedy written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Peter Faiman. Photo credit: Don Smetzer. Copyright © 1991 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.

JoBETH WILLIAMS and CHRISTOPHER McDONALD play Natalie and Reed, the divorced parents of a snobbish, arrogant rich kid who learns about life in the real world when Natalie's blue-collar boyfriend Dutch Dooley volunteers to drive the boy home for Thanksgiving, in "DUTCH," a comedy written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Peter Faiman. Photo credit: Luke Wynne, left; Don Smetzer, right. Copyright © 1991 Twentieth Century Fox All rights reserved.

Doyle (ETHAN RANDALL), a snobbish, arrogant rich kid, learns about life in the real world when his mother's blue-collar boyfriend, Dutch Dooley, volunteers to drive the boy home for Thanksgiving, in “DUTCH” a comedy written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Peter Faiman. Photo credit: Luke Wynne. Copyright © 1991 Twentieth Century Fox All rights reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 27/08/2026

Recent movie posters of note. Artists: 1. inbetween 2. la moutique (outtake - handmade w/ cardboard) 3. Park Si Young 4. Aleks Phoenix 5. Caspar Newbolt at (version_industries) 6. Mark McGillivray 7. Midnight Marauder 8. Desi Moore (outtake) 9. Huang Kuo-jui 10. Park Si Young #filmsky #moviesky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 27/08/2026

Now watching: IDIOTS (Macon Blair) My thoughts on other Blair films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/macon-bl... Poster by unknown.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 26/08/2026

Now watching: DARK MATTER - Season Two (Blake Crouch) My thoughts on the first season: jaredmobarak.com/2024/06/07/d... Poster by Grandson

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 25/08/2026

First look at ONLY MURDERS IN LONDON. Premieres December 8th on Hulu. Photo Credit: Disney/Miya Mizuno Cast: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and special guest stars include Tina Fey, Olivia Colman, Meryl Streep, David Tennant, Nicola Coughlan, Martin Freeman and more.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 25/08/2026

Now watching: COME WITH ME (Aaron Harvey) Poster by Aleks Phoenix

Dark palette poster of a shirtless Theo Rossi turned upside down so his chest and shoulder bleed off the top left corner as his forehead bleeds off the lower right side.

Tagline in the negative space of the top right corner: The world needs a villain.

Title stacked in lower left corner:
COME
Credit block
WITH
ME

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 24/08/2026

Not sure I clocked it the first time watching, but you have to love Jason running past a movie theater in the snow like George Bailey upon his return home while IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE can be seen on the marquee. #darkmatterh

Screenshot from episode seven of DARK MATTER season one.

Joel Edgerton is running down the middle of a street a night with a lit up movie theater to his right.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 22/08/2026

For many reasons, “The Quay Brothers have a new feature film streaming on Tubi” is not a sentence I thought I’d ever say when I first watched their shorts twenty-five years ago.

Screenshot of SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS on Tubi.

Drama • 2026 • 1 hr 17 min TV-14

Play in the App FREE

In the Quay Brothers' stop-motion film, a son embarks on a phantom journey to a decaying, otherworldly sanatorium to visit his dying father.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 21/08/2026

Anyone have $35,000 I can use to purchase the Eiko Ishioka / Haruo Takino poster set Dave Milligan is helping to shop around to a collector for a friend on Insta? All in excellent to mint condition. Seller doesn't want to go to auction and have the buyer flip them for profit. Gorgeous work.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 21/08/2026

From the press kit of POPCORN (1991): Directed by Mark Herrier. Starring Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall, Malcolm Danare, Elliott Hurst, Ivette Soler, Freddie Simpson, Kelly Jo Minter, Karen Lorre, Ray Walston, Tony Roberts. #filmsky #moviesky

Leon (ELLIOT HURST) stumbles upon a sinister plot of revenge when he is surprised by his double in "POPCORN," a Studio Three Film Corporation release of a Film Partners presentation in association with Century Films. @ 1991 Studio Three Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Toby (TOM VILLARD) gives two thumbs up to plans for a "Horrorthon" filmfest in "POPCORN," a Studio Three Film Corporation release of a Film Partners presentation in association with Century Films. @ 1991 Studio Three Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Maggie (JILL SCHOELEN) prepares for a "Horrorthon" film festival where she will discover the horrible truth about her past in "POPCORN," a Studio Three Film Corporation release of a Film Partners presentation in association with Century Films. © 1991 Studio Three Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Toby (TOM VILLARD) recounts a tale of childhood terror and a desire for revenge in "POPCORN," a Studio Three Film Corporation release of a Film Partners presentation in association with Century Films. © 1991 Studio Three Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 20/08/2026

TIFF and FYC season about to double that number in only a third of the time.

Screenshot from Letterboxd.

Films: 6,016 / 163 this year
Diary: 6,552 / 163 this year

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 20/08/2026

Now watching: THE SUN NEVER SETS (Joe Swanberg) My thoughts on other Swanberg films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/joe-swan...

Movie poster by Stockholm Design.

Outdoor scene of a blonde woman leaning on a car hood from behind. She's looking upwards to where the sun is with mountains in the background and clouds in the sky.

Text above her:

DAKOTA FANNING
JAKE JOHNSON
CORY MICHAEL SMITH

Laurels: Chicago Critics | SXSW

A FILM BY
JOE SWANBERG

THE SUN
NEVER SETS

"A MASTERFUL PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY" – Indiewire
"DAKOTA FANNING HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER" – Vulture

Text below her:

EXCLUSIVELY IN CHICAGO AUGUST 28
IN THEATERS EVERY WHERE SEPTEMBER 4

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 20/08/2026

Now watching: FILIPIÑANA (Rafael Manuel)

Movie poster reworked from original by Adrian Curry.

Image of a scenic golf course with sky filling top two thirds and the greens with a tree line filling the rest. A caddie with triangle sun hat stretches with club behind shoulders.

At the top is the centered face of a young woman coming down from the edge of the page upside down. Below her is the title with close leading that splits the letters as:

FILI
PIÑA
NA

Critic quote at top left: "A masterwork. Opens new vistas in the future of the cinema." - The New Yorker

Laurels flanking the title: Sundance and Berlin

Text at bottom above credit block:

a film by RAFAEL MANUEL
executive produced by JIA ZHANGKE

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 19/08/2026

Some recent movie posters of note. Artists: 1. Jermaine Tulbo 2. Andrew Bannister 3. Grandson (photo Ryan McGinley) 4. Krishna Bala Shenoi at MTCO 5. Patrick Concepción 6. Bruno Vergauwen 7. Justin Besana 8. Martin Ansin 9. Derek Gabryszak at Empire Design 10. Frost Foundry #filmsky #moviesky

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 19/08/2026

Now watching: NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE (Matt Johnson)

Movie poster by unknown.

White page with Matt and Jay in the bottom right corner mimicking a scene from BACK TO THE FUTURE. Matt holds onto his hat brim with one hand while holding a walkie talkie in the other. Jay covers his ears while looking at us.

Title big at the top in black lowercase letters:

nirvanna
the band
the show
the movie

Tag "ONE... LAST... PLAN." is stacked in bottom left corner above the credit block.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 18/08/2026

Now watching: THE MARCHING BAND (Emmanuel Courcol)

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 17/08/2026

Now watching: IT ENDS (Alexander Ullom)

Movie poster by Dylan Mekhi Smith

Cream page with heavy black ink that spells IT EN in the top left corner before the right side of that N snakes down in tight horizontal curves to finish in the bottom right corner by bleeding into the left side of a DS.

Written on the “rungs” in descending order:

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER ULLOM

FROM THE PRODUCER OF BACKROOMS

“A BRILLIANT, EXISTENTIAL ROAD THRILLER.” SIDDHANT ADLAKHA, VARIETY

ONLY IN THEATERS THIS SUMMER

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 16/08/2026

Now watching: FRANZ (Agnieszka Holland) My thoughts on other Holland films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/agnieszk...

Movie poster.

White page with heavy painted letters in the four corners of the top two-thirds.

F and R in the top corners
N and Z in the bottom corners
In the center of the space is a triangle ripped through the page to double as the A in the title and a window revealing an eye looking back at us.

The bottom third is text:

FILM AGNIESZKI HOLLAND
FRANZ KAFKA
Credit block

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 15/08/2026

Now watching: HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR (Andrius Blaževičus) Lithuania’s International Oscar submission

White poster with the title in large red sans serif letters, each word stacked above the next. On the bottoms left is a man on a ladder swinging a shovel above his head to hit the words.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 14/08/2026

Updated my Criterion label on Plex. Can't do KPOP yet as the new cover isn't conducive to a quick and dirty resize. • MARIE ANTOINETTE by @golmorejungle.bsky.social • THE RIGHT STUFF by Gregory Manchess • WILD AT HEART by Fred Davis, based on the original theatrical poster

Squared screenshot of my Criterion label in Plex with the new cover of MARIE ANTOINETTE at center surrounded by (counter clockwise from left) THE NEW WORLD, WALL•E, HUNGER, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, and PAN'S LABYRINTH.

Squared screenshot of my Criterion label in Plex with the new cover of THE RIGHT STUFF at center surrounded by (counter clockwise from left) EL NORTE, BOY MEETS GIRL, LOST IN AMERICA, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, and RUMBLE FISH.

Squared screenshot of my Criterion label in Plex with the new cover of WILD AT HEART at center surrounded by (counter clockwise from left) DREAMS, EUROPA, BOYZ N THE HOOD, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, and MILLER'S CROSSING.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 14/08/2026

From the press kit of CANDYMAN (1992): Directed by Bernard Rose. Starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, and Ted Raimi. #filmsky #moviesky

Director / screenwriter Bernard Rose directs a scene with Virginia Madsen in "CANDYMAN," a TriStar Pictures Release. Copyright ©1992 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved.

Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams, r.) and Jake (DeJuan Guy) are residents of Chicago's Cabrini Green, where the hook-handed specter known as Candyman has his lair, in "CANDYMAN," a TriStar Pictures Release. Copyright 01992 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved.

Tony Todd stars as Candyman, a hook-handed specter who kills to perpetuate his own existence in "CANDYMAN," a TriStar Pictures Release. Photo by Mark Fellman. Copyright ©1992 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved.

Wanting her to be his lover even beyond the grave, Candyman (Tony Todd) forces Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) into the flames in "CANDYMAN," a TriStar Pictures Release. Photo by Mark Fellman. Copyright ©1992 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 12/08/2026

Now watching: UNION COUNTY (Adam Meeks)

Movie poster by Brandon Schaefer / Jump Cut.

Photo of Will Poulter's face with mustache and beard looking off screen right. Blurred greenery and tint creates a vignette around his face with a reflection of a car seen where his jawline meets his neck.

Text at top:

WILL POULTER IS STAGGERING. MARSHALL SHAFFER, THE PLAYLIST
NOAH CENTINEO IS TRANSFORMATIVE." COLE GROTH, FANDOMWIRE

Middle left text:

Sundance laurel
"AMAZING.. IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE OPENED A DOOR TO THE REAL WORLD." BILGE EBIRI, VULTURE

Bottom text:

UNION COUNTY
A FILM BY ADAM MEEKS

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 08/08/2026

When in Columbus, you visit the topiary rendition of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Lifesize topiary of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Lifesize topiary of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte with plaque showing the original painting.

Deaf School Park Historical marker at entrance surrounded by flowers.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 08/08/2026

Includes thoughts on: • TOKYO BURST: Crime City (International premiere) • God Skin (World premiere) • Break Free (North American premiere) • When You Open the Door (World premiere) #fantasia2026

Serena Motola in WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR; courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival.

A woman sits on the floor and puts the sharp nails of two fingers to her cheek.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 07/08/2026

Saw post with many comments elsewhere about people saying Callum Turner is only getting roles because he married Dua Lipa. Most mentioned GREEN ROOM and FANTASTIC BEASTS as proof he’s been doing this a while. No one mentioned TRAMPS, though. I remember loving that movie out of TIFF in 2016.

Movie poster by Brandon Schaefer / Jump Cut

Image of a young woman and man about to kiss streaked over with color from top to bottom.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 06/08/2026

From the press kit of THE TOXIC AVENGER (1985): Directed by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman. Starring Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, Pat Ryan, and Mark Torgl. #filmsky #moviesky

Publicity photo of the Toxic Avenger throttling two men in a weight room while a woman sits between them on the floor. All are screaming.

Tagline: He was 98lbs. of solid nerd until he became ... THE TOXIC AVENGER

A LLOYD KAUFMAN / MICHAEL HERZ PRODUCTION. From TROMA, INC © TROMA SALES CORP. / THE H.C.H

Publicity photo of the Toxic Avenger with arms outstretched and teeth bared. The Twin Towers are seen behind him.

Tagline: He was 98lbs. of solid nerd until he became ... THE TOXIC AVENGER

A LLOYD KAUFMAN / MICHAEL HERZ PRODUCTION. From TROMA, INC © TROMA SALES CORP. / THE H.C.H

Glamour photo of Toxic Avenger star Andreé Maranda—close-up of her smiling with chin resting in hand..

Tagline: He was 98lbs. of solid nerd until he became ... THE TOXIC AVENGER

A LLOYD KAUFMAN / MICHAEL HERZ PRODUCTION. From TROMA, INC © TROMA SALES CORP. / THE H.C.H

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 05/08/2026

Now watching: AN EYE FOR AN EYE (Tanaz Eshaghian & Farzad Jafari)

Movie poster by unknown.

White page with a series of windows portraying the eyes of figures inside the movie. The top four are narrow and separated by black text on the white beneath. The fifth is larger to show Tahereh's entire face and hold the title next to her in red "AN EYE FOR AN EYE".

Text between the windows:

JOLT.FILM
CLOSER MEDIA PRESENTS
A FILM BY TANAZ ESHAGHIAN AND FARZAD JAFARI
PRODUCED BY UNCHAINED PRODUCTIONS AND SEETO PRODUCTIONS

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 04/08/2026

Now watching: LATE FAME (Kent Jones)

Movie poster by Brandon Schaefer/Jump Cut.

A dark brown-ish foundation with an image from the film of Willem Dafoe standing and toasting a table that includes Greta Lee next to him. Image is framed by a thin white line.

Above image:

Venice and NYFF laurels

"WILLEM DAFOE GIVES A PERFORMANCE SO NATURAL IT BARELY LOOKS LIKE ACTING AT ALL." XAN BROOKS, THE GUARDIAN

"THE MOVIE ABOUNDS IN EXQUISITE GRACE NOTES. WILLEM DAFOE IS MAGNIFICENT." SHERI LINDEN, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"GRETA LEE IS MESMERIZING." OWEN GLEIBERMAN, VARIETY

Below image:

Justified right -

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
WILLEM DAFOE

GRETA LEE

LATE FAME

DIRECTED BY KENT JONES
SCREENPLAY BY ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE SAMY BURCH

Credit block centered at bottom.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 04/08/2026

Now watching: WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR (Eriko Katagiri) #fantasia2026

Movie poster by unknown.

Dark backdrop with a close-up (waist up) of a woman in a nightgown, covered in blood with fangs and sharp black fingernails. Her head tiled upwards, her right arm is cocked and twisted with fingers outstretched.

Title is stacked above her:
WHEN
YOU
OPEN
THE
DOOR

nestled beside THE and between OPEN and DOOR is: Directed by Eriko KATAGIRI

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 02/08/2026

Now watching: BREAK FREE (Yu Nakamoto) #fantasia2026

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 01/08/2026

A new Christopher Nolan film is one of the few excuses for me to actually hit a movie theater these days. #theodyssey at @northparktheatre.bsky.social

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 01/08/2026

Now watching: GOD SKIN (Paween Purijitpanya) #fantasia2026

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 31/07/2026

The Zürcher Brothers' "Animal Trilogy" hits @filmmovement.bsky.social Plus on August 7th. It's a superb series of films with each one proving even better than the last. THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY My thoughts on them: jaredmobarak.com/tag/ramon-zu...

A boy looks out an open window as a cat is shrouded by his body and the curtain.

THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT
A FILM BY RAMON ZÜRCHER

A young woman at center looks at the young man standing next to her. Another young woman is seen looking at them from behind the other side of a door separating them.

THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER
A film by Ramon & Silvan Zürcher

A crop of the poster with a woman standing with a frown from nose to chest. She has blood on her cheek and neck and a bird flying out of her blouse. Other animals are present (butterfly, chicken, porcupine). A caterpillar crawls on the "O" in the title.

A FILM BY RAMON ZÜRCHER
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 31/07/2026

Now watching: TOKYO BURST: CRIME CITY (Eiji Uchida) My reviews of other ROUNDUP films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/the-roun...

Movie poster by unknown.

Image of a city lit up at night. TOKYO BURST is at top in white with Japanese text filling the rest. Yellow caution tape spans the width at the middle.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 31/07/2026

Includes thoughts on: • Insectasy (World premiere) • Unholy Night (World premiere) • Corpus (World premiere) • Sicko (North American premiere) • The Last Footage (World premiere) • Black Zombie (Quebec premiere) • A Safe Distance (Canadian premiere) #fantasia2026

Brodie Townsend in CORPUS; courtesy of Fantasia International Film Fest.

A man staring into the camera seems to almost be floating at the center of a raucous rave seen shrouded in orange.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 31/07/2026

From the press kit of PCU (1994): Directed by Hart Bochner. Starring Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Megan Ward, Jon Favreau, Alex Désert, Sarah Trigger, David Spade, Jake Busey, Maddie Corman, Viveka Davis, and Jessica Walter. #filmsky #moviesky

DAVID SPADE is Rand and JESSICA WALTER is Andrea Garcia-Thompson in "PCU." (Photo credit: Rob McEwan) Copyright © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox All rights reserved.

DAVID SPADE (left) is Rand and JEREMY PIVEN is Droz in "PCU." (Photo credit: Rob McEwan) Copyright © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox All rights reserved.

(front row, from left) JAKE BEECHAM is Dave #1, SARAH TRIGGER is Samantha and DARIN HEAMES is Dave #2. (second row) MEGAN WARD is Katy, CHRIS YOUNG is Tom, JEREMY PIVEN is Droz and GALE MAYRON is Cecelia. (back row) JON FAVREAU is Gutter, JODY RACICOT is Pigman, MATT ROSS is Raji, ALEX DESERT is Mullaney and STEVI PASKOSKI is Deege in "PCU." (Photo credit: Rob McEwan) Copyright © 1994 Twentieth Century Fox All rights reserved.

PCU

The cup that holds your coffee is a threat to the environment, the hamburger in your bun comes courtesy of a murdered animal, and the girl that you've asked out is a woman, you clod. You've just had your first lesson in political correctness from Port Chester University -- or "PCU."

Twentieth Century Fox Presents a Paul Schiff Production, "PCU," starring Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, David Spade, Megan Ward, Sarah Trigger and Jessica Walter. The film is directed by Hart Bochner from a screenplay written by Adam Leff & Zak Penn. Paul Schiff is the producer and Barry Sabath is the co-producer.

The film is edited by Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E., the director of photography is Reynaldo Villalobos and the production designer is Steven Jordan. The score is by Steve Vai and Ralph Sall is executive music producer. The soundtrack is available on Fox Records.

The curriculum at Port Chester is political correctness; the penalty for failing to learn your lesson, instant protest. Say the wrong thing, oppose the wrong cause, and the Womynists, the Causeheads and all of the other intensely committed students on campus will make your life miserable.

For the coed gang in the Pit, a vibrantly shabby dorm where no behavior is too offensive and no lifestyle too bizarre, Port Chester University stinks. Seeking a world where individuality is encouraged, free expression is celebrated, and beer flows freely round the clock, this band of under-achievers is instead being expected to suppress its rather outrageous behavior and conform to the school's rigid moral standards.

Yeah, right.

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Jared Mobarak @jaredmobarak.com · 30/07/2026

Now watching: MUSTACHE (Imran J. Khan)

Movie poster by Ahmed McPherson.

Yellow-green page with an image of Atharv Verma in a red hoodie standing center frame and facing left. A giant mustache is floating above him like a cloud with a geometric pattern of rain drops falling on the actor.

Text at top:
FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
RIZ AHMED, HASAN MINHAJ AND RAMY YOUSSEF

Bottom text (all aligned to create a rectangular block inside the page with the width of the rain):

Cast List
MUSTACHE
A COMING OF AGE FILM BY IMRAN J. KHAN
SXSW laurel (Audience Award)

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