Later finished by a new generation of filmmakers after a goldmine of footage was discovered from this turbulent time in American race relations, The Black Power Mixtape is a revelatory portrait of what should have been but a moment in history, yet this period has sadly not yet passed. Essential.
With Jean-Luc Godard’s restored & re-discovered The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company premiering on MUBI, we’re reviving another post-New Wave favorite. His only—and contentious—collaboration with Depardieu fractures Greek myth and detective tale to question love and spirit in our fallen world.
Une nouvelle génération de jeunes réalisateurs canadiens est en train d’éclore d’est en ouest. Nous sommes fiers de lancer notre programmation spéciale de 10 films issus de ce mouvement indépendant avec le premier film chargé en émotions d’Ashley McKenzie sur un couple en proie à l’addiction.
In May we lost one of the great Italian directors of all time, Ermanno Olmi. Best known for cinematic miracles such as Il Posto and The Tree of Wooden Clogs, we pay tribute to his humanist gaze with this deeply affecting moral parable, whose images boast an overwhelming spiritual resonance.
Long before Whiplash, Corneau explored a similar story of the musician Marin Marais and his tutelage by the cantankerous Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. The two are movingly played by the late Guillaume Depardieu and his father Gérard, who in tandem articulate a brilliant soul in this ode to creation.
We return to the versatile oeuvre of Alain Corneau with a high-tension thriller about a retired mobster (Montand!), his wife (Deneuve!), and a prison escapee (Depardieu!). The familiar story of a mobster returning for one last job is revised here with nuance, carving a film of rare unpredictability.
Qu’ont en commun Rambo, « Hannibal » Smith de L’Agence tous risques et le colonel Kurtz d’Apocalypse Now ? Tous furent inspirés de Bo Gritz, le sujet sinistre, mais fascinant de ce documentaire captivant dans lequel Luka Zimmerman médite sur l’enracinement de la guerre dans l’ADN américaine.
Powerfully transplanting “Crime and Punishment” to the Philippines, Norte continues our exploration of long camera shots in contemporary cinema. Lav Diaz brings his singular immersive use of duration to this saga to expand our perspective on its characters’ emotions, psychology, and their world.
Our double feature this week is devoted to two visionary uses of the long take, a bold technique that uses extended duration of shots to expressive affect. No recent film has taken this as far as Victoria, a bravura, serpentine tour of a single night in Berlin held in the camera’s taut suspense.
Un film de Godard avec Jean-Pierre Léaud dont vous ignoriez l’existence ? Eh oui ! À l’origine commandée pour la télévision française — et diffusée une seule fois en 30 ans —, voici une ode délicieusement mélancolique à l’envers du showbiz composée par l’un de ses plus grands saboteurs.
MUBI & Nang’s focus on “filmmakers in transit” resumes with Iranian New Wave pioneer—now living in exile—Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Originally removed from circulation by the censors, this incisive, formally intrepid socio-political critique sees the light 25 years late, having lost none of its relevance.
Ce film nous plonge au cœur du nightlife hypnotique de Buenos Aires en suivant les aventures d’un homosexuel dans la fleur de l’âge qui expérimente avec le sexe et la drogue. Un parcours euphorique inoubliable et explicite qui ne juge jamais son protagoniste.
Nous concluons notre programme spécial Oberhausen en fanfare avec le grand retour cinématographique de Robert Frank, photographe et réalisateur de renom, qui nous ramène dans le temps pour une rencontre unique et touchante entre deux artistes iconoclastes à New York.
Le Festival du court métrage d’Oberhausen est l’un des plus prestigieux en son genre et fait la part belle à l’animation, une forme particulièrement adaptée au format court. Ce petit film japonais marie une narration à plusieurs couches à une atmosphère riche et une pertinence sociale indéniable.
Our Ealing comedies series concludes with the studio’s (and director Robert Hamer’s) uncontested finest 1 hour and 46 minutes. Unlike most of the Ealing films that preceded it, this comedy is ink-black, the politics subversive, and the values amoral. Starring Alec Guinness in 8 different roles!
Before The City of Lost Children the duo of Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro made their ingenious debut with idiosyncratic stylization that only two cartoonists could conjure. Set in a truly surreal vision of Paris, Delicatessen is a comic cult classic about the banality of post-apocalyptic existence.
Chaque famille a ses propres règles. So Long Enthusiasm nous plonge au cœur de l’insolite et remet en cause notre idée de la normalité en mêlant dynamique familiale, claustrophobie et surréalisme pour un résultat des plus kafkaïen. Un premier film stupéfiant, aussi tendre que troublant.
In 1985, director Andre Téchiné collaborated with new talent, including actress Juliette Binoche and auteur Olivier Assayas (serving as screenwriter) on the sublime Rendez-vous. The trio later reunited for Alice and Martin, a novelistic portrait of the struggle between ones romantic life and family.
Montrer Moscou à l’envers n’est pas un simple effet de style dans cet excellent court métrage de Dimitri Venkov, mais un choix qui confère à cette symphonie urbaine matérialisée un caractère vertigineux et insolite, irréel.
Nous poursuivons notre série de films en compétition à Oberhausen — l’un de meilleurs festivals du court métrage du monde — avec ce portrait de trois artistes extraordinaires réalisé par Lynne Sachs, qui parvient à capturer avec chaleur l’essence de leurs personnalités et de leurs philosophies.
Nous lançons aujourd’hui notre troisième partenariat annuel avec le Festival international du court métrage d’Oberhausen en vous proposant cinq de nos films préférés de l’édition 2018. Pour commencer, une réinterprétation un peu radicale de la féminité dans la banlieue américaine signée Melika Bass.
Jessica Hausner’s film on the complexity of Christian faith casts a mysterious spell with its tale of a handicapped woman (a lovely Sylvie Testud) making a pilgrimage in the hope of something miraculous. The grave story is lent wry and surprising twists of tone, mixing sincerity, humor and suspense.
This family drama is an incisive look at the complicated ways in which we cope with the loss of a loved one, and the moment in childhood wherein one first encounters mortality. With the always sensitive Charlotte Gainsbourg as the central matriarch, and a stellar turn from newcomer Morgana Davies.
Long before Ocean’s 11 (the original!), director Charles Crighton and Ealing Studios assembled a lovable cast of eccentrics for a hectic and unpredictable bank heist you won’t soon forget. The Lavender Hill Mob is brilliantly spry entertainment, which exemplifies the British comedy at its finest.
A true phenomenon—first inspiring a Broadway musical, then later a film remake of said musical: The Producers lives up to and even exceeds the hype. A perfect turn from Gene Wilder, amongst countless virtues, certify this cult classic as one of the funniest films of all time. Happy birthday, Mel.
We conclude our series of new independent cinema from Spain—shown in partnership with the multi-city LA OLA showcase—with Manuel Muñoz Rivas’s richly evocative documentary devoted to an isolated expanse of Spanish seaside, its dwindling ways of life, wayward tourism and profoundly sensual textures.
We’re excited to premiere a new film of bold form and deep humanity. Reminiscent of Resnais and Chris Marker, it tells two stories at once: one through images, the other through sound (co-director and composer Tujiko Noriko is an acclaimed musician). Both are linked by love, split in time and space.
Dans le cadre de notre collaboration avec le magazine Nang, nous vous présentons le premier film envoûtant de l’artiste nomade Basma Alsharif. Inspiré du mythe du serpent qui se dévore la queue, Ouroboros s’attaque à la chaîne des causalités historiques en interrogeant la nature cyclique du temps.
We’re thrilled to present in partnership with Human Rights Watch Film Festival the online premiere of a moving new film just after its New York presentation. A story of resistance against a repressive, patriarchal judicial system, Sahra Mani’s documentary is an inspiration of resilience.
Presenting the premiere of the latest MUBI Release! Bruce McDonald’s tender and sweet teen drama is the perfect summer film: a road trip about self-discovery that travels across beautiful Nova Scotia, set to fabulous ’70s tunes. A gentle gem featuring a star-making performance by Julia Sarah Stone.